Aug 4, 2016
- Flashcards
- Spending money
- to . . . money (on) — give money as payment for something
- to . . . money — keep money for use in the future
- to . . . money (on) — spend money in a bad way
- to . . . money (on) — stronger than waste and is only used about large sums of money
- to . . . money — exchange one currency for another
- to . . . money at — spend a lot of money, possibly more than necessary, trying to solve a problem
- to . . . money to — give money to help society in some way
- to . . . money (on) — give money as payment for something
- Prices
- . . . price
- . . . price
- . . . price
- prices . . .
- prices . . .
- prices . . .
- prices . . . — prices go up very fast
- prices go . . .
- something is . . . priced
- a . . . price — much too cheap or much too expensive
- . . . price
- Getting money — collocations in context
- Henry and his brother grew up in a family where money was always . . . . Henry hoped that when he was grown-up, money would be never be . . . supply for him. Henry’s brother only wanted a . . . income but Henry wasn’t interested in just . . . a good salary, he wanted to make . . . money, to be . . . rich. He started . . . money at school when he sold the sandwiches his mother had made him to other children. He also worked in his school holidays to . . . money. He put this money in a bank account and hardly ever made a . . . from it. When he left school, he . . . enough money through the bank to buy his first shop. He . . . a really good deal because he found a shop that was . . . cheap. By the time he was twenty he had already . . . a small fortune though, of course, most of his money was . . . in his business.
- Henry and his brother grew up in a family where money was always . . . . Henry hoped that when he was grown-up, money would be never be . . . supply for him. Henry’s brother only wanted a . . . income but Henry wasn’t interested in just . . . a good salary, he wanted to make . . . money, to be . . . rich. He started . . . money at school when he sold the sandwiches his mother had made him to other children. He also worked in his school holidays to . . . money. He put this money in a bank account and hardly ever made a . . . from it. When he left school, he . . . enough money through the bank to buy his first shop. He . . . a really good deal because he found a shop that was . . . cheap. By the time he was twenty he had already . . . a small fortune though, of course, most of his money was . . . in his business.
- Quizzes.
- Read these remarks by different people, then answer the questions.
- Briony: I sent 100 euros to the Children’s Fund for the Developing World.
Philip: I won 100,000 dollars on the lottery and bought stupid, useless things. I have almost nothing left now.
Anthony: I went into the bank with 1,000 euros and came out with the equivalent in Australian dollars.
Marianne: The garden was in a terrible mess after the storm. I pain a gardener a lot of money to sort it out but he didn’t seem to make it any better.
Catherine: I put 5,000 euros in an account which gives 4% interest.
1. Who threw money at something?- Briony
- Marianne
- Philip
- Catherine
- Anthony
- 2. Who saved money?
- Briony
- Marianne
- Anthony
- Catherine
- Philip
- 3. Who donated money?
- Anthony
- Marianne
- Catherine
- Briony
- Philip
- 4. Who squandered money?
- Anthony
- Marianne
- Briony
- Catherine
- Philip
- 5. Who changed money?
- Philip
- Catherine
- Briony
- Anthony
- Marianne
- Briony: I sent 100 euros to the Children’s Fund for the Developing World.
- Complete these sentences using collocations.
- 1. In March, computer chip prices were around 150 dollars. In September they were 850 dollars. In just six months prices had . . . .
- went
- soared
- 2. An airline is offering a return flight from London to New York for just 50 dollars. At first sight this seems like a . . . , as many people on the same flight will be paying 1,000 dollars or more.
- ridiculous
- rock-bottom
- 3. Given that most first-class hotels were charging 300 dollars a night because of the festival, at 275 dollars our four-star hotel seemed . . . .
- low priced
- reasonably priced
- 4. Hand-held computers are now selling at . . . prices because there’s so much competition. One that cost 250 dollars a year ago now costs only 70.
- reasonable
- rock-bottom
- 5. Car prices . . . down last year, but they will probably . . . again before the end of the year as steel becomes more expensive.
- go; rise
- went; go up
- 1. In March, computer chip prices were around 150 dollars. In September they were 850 dollars. In just six months prices had . . . .
- Choose the correct collocation.
- ‘Can I help you, Madam?’
‘Yes. I’d like to . . . a withdrawal from my account please.’- make
- get
- take
- ‘Is your company . . . money?’
‘Yes. We are in profit. So I have a . . . income.’- making; steady
- doing; strong
- making; firm
- ‘Dad, will you lend me money to buy a car?’
‘Well, money is rather . . . at the moment. Ask your mother.’- tight
- slim
- hard
- ‘These cameras aren’t as expensive as I thought.’
‘That’s because they use film. They’re . . . cheap right now because everyone is buying digital camera, which are ridiculously expensive because they are in such . . . supply.’- asking; low
- going; short
- giving; little
- ‘We need to . . . money for the new club house. Any ideas.’
‘Well, we could have a children’s sports day and get all the parents to contribute.’- bring up
- raise
- rise
- ‘You must have made a . . . fortune when you sold your house.’
‘Yes, I did, but the money is all . . . in the new one.’- slight; closed up
- small; tied up
- slim; packed up
- ‘I guess Zara is making . . . money with her Internet business.’
‘Oh yes, she’s . . . rich now.’- huge; utterly
- big; seriously
- large; absolutely
- ‘Can I help you, Madam?’
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