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Day 4-1

BUSINESS

Food prices are no longer rising as much-but here’s why it might not feel that way

 

How much would you pay for a bag of potato chips?

*hit one's limit 한계에 달하다

Some people are apparently hitting their limit.

*what it costs to put food on the table 먹고 살기 위해 드는 비용

Many Americans are still frustrated by what it costs to put food on the table.

*level off 수평 비행하다, 변동이 없게 되다, 안정되다 

Supermarket prices have largely leveled off.

*sting of ~ 의 아픔, ~의 고통

Where do you feel the sting of inflation most?

*grit one's teeth 이를 악물다, 이를 갈다, 결연히 ~하다

They just grit their teeth and paid up.

*crunch point 정점, 한계점

We have reached the crunch point on tortilla chips.

You may not have ever considered the market pantry bread.

She often steers customers to the discount retailer's in-house bargains.

I like being able to point people in certain directions.

She's made some substations of her own.

Are food prices likely to come down any time soon?

That's not likely to drop very much.

 

Grocery prices are no longer climbing as much as they did in the last two years — but many Americans are still frustrated by what it costs to put food on the table.

Some people have apparently hit their limit. One of the biggest snack makers said this week that its sales fell this spring as grocery shoppers became more sensitive to rising prices.

 

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Food prices are no longer rising as much-but here’s why it might not feel that way

 

Food prices are no longer rising as much — but here's why it might not feel that way

Food prices have largely leveled off, but many people are still frustrated when they go to their local grocery store.

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Day 4-2

POLITICS

As millions struggle with home prices, housing becomes a top issue for voters

 

They don't talk as much about the main driver of it - housing.

*price out 가격이 너무 높아서 살 수 없게 만들다

Cash offers priced her out.

*second only to A: A 다음으로, 버금가는

And last month, it hit a new high in a Gallup survey on financial worries, second only to inflation.

+) In Korea, Busan is the largest city second only to Seoul. 

     한국에서 부산은 서울에 버금가는 대도시다

*eat up 많이 차지하다, 고갈시키다

He says housing costs now eat up such a large part of people's incomes, they feel the pressure on everything else.

 

*tout 강조하다, 광고하다

He touted how his administration provided billions in pandemic rental assistance

federal financing has helped spur record new construction.

*full-scale 총력을 기울인

The woke left is waging full-scale war on the suburbs.

*crack down (on somebody/something) 엄중 단속하다

And Trump says cracking down on the surge in migrants would help ease housing prices. 

It would exacerbate the housing and homelessness crisis in our country.

 


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As millions struggle with home prices, housing becomes a top issue for voters

 

As millions struggle with home prices, housing becomes a top issue for voters

Across the country, including in swing states, people have been priced out of buying homes. Record numbers are finding rent unaffordable. Biden and Trump have very different ideas for how to fix it.

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