- period: time فترة
- thrive: grow and get better تزدهر
- afford: able to pay for something
- debt: to owe someone money دين
- entertainment: having a good, fun time تسلية
- wages: salary; how much money you make أجور
- leisure: free time وقت الفراغ
- mobile: able to move متحرك
- communication: talking to people in different ways
- automobile: car
- Popular: famous
- Assembly line: a line of workers make something until it is complete
- Suburb: a small city outside of an urban area (like Dearborn)
- expanding: increasing and getting bigger
- flappers: young women in the 1920s who cut their hair short and wore make up and short skirts
- Generation: people who lived during the same years and are close in age