Idiom:

Put a cork in it ( shut up )

Hit the book:

Outgoing

Shift

Grungy

Minimal

Take precedence

Cause

Work ethic

Sacrifice

AWOL

Acknowledge

No stranger to hard yakka, he began working at KFC at 14 and put in 30-hour weeks during his senior high school years. Wall moved out of home after graduating and his outgoings during his year doing double shift included rent of $90 a week on a grungy share pad and running costs for the Mazda 121 he bought from his mother for $2000. Social life was minimal—"I didn't party as much as everyone else"—with the greater goal of home ownership at a young age taking precedence.