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Lumber prices earlier this year had climbed by as much as 316% since the start of 2020
- Lumber:
There aren’t enough roofers, glaziers, plumbers, electricians and other types of workers to fill the needs of the construction industry.
- roofers: A person who constructs or repairs roofs
- glaziers /ˈɡleɪzɪə/: A person whose profession is fitting glass into windows and doors.
the day is shot: wasted
contrarian /kənˈtrɛːrɪən/: a person who opposes or rejects popular opinion, especially in stock exchange dealing.
- it has become fashionable to be a stock-market contrarian
Much of Intel Stock's valuation discrepancy with AMD's has to do with the company’s anemic growth and its many past missteps.
- discrepancy /dɪsˈkrɛp(ə)nsi/: an illogical or surprising lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.
- “there's a discrepancy between your account and his”
- anemic /əˈniːmɪk/: lacking in colour, spirit, or vitality.
- an anaemic aspidistra stood in the grate
perk: become or make more cheerful, lively, or interesting.
- she'd been depressed, but she seemed to perk up last week
titanium /tʌɪˈteɪnɪəm,tɪˈteɪnɪəm/: the chemical element of atomic number 22, a hard silver-grey metal of the transition series, used in strong, light, corrosion-resistant alloys.钛
I can give a lift home if you want to.