Consumers Around the World Cope with Rising Food Prices

Vocabulary & Expressions

grapple: (해결책을 찾아) 고심하다 
Around the world consumers are grappling with the soaring cost of food.

hunt out: 찾아다니다 
Instead, they hunt out farmers markets where prices are more affordable.

eat into (something): (돈, 시간을) 축내다 
Expensive food, Sharma says, is eating into his family’s budget for this year’s Diwali.

opt:  택하다 
…he’s increasingly opting for other types of protein…

alleviation: 경감, 완화 
I think people are looking for an alleviation of their situation…

food stamp: 미국에서 저소득층에 식품 구입용 바우처나 전자카드를 매달 제공하는 식비 지원 제도 
…it’s one of the reasons the Biden Administration made a record increase to food stamp benefits for Americans.

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