Flashcards
Unit 12
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- 1Afford (verb)Definition: to be able to buy or do something because you have enough money or time.
Example: I don't know how he can afford a new car on his salary. - 2Hard-up (phrasal verb)Definition: having very little money.
Example: We're a bit hard up at the moment so we're not thinking about holidays. - 3Income (noun)Definition: money that is earned from doing work or received from investments.
Example: More help is needed for people on low incomes. - 4Pricey (adjective)Definition: expensive.
Example: The restaurants in town are a bit pricey. - 5Squander (verb)Definition: to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage.
Example: They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun. - 6Thrift (noun)Definition: the careful use of money, especially by avoiding waste.
Example: Trina learned thrift from her mother. - 7Handyman (noun)Definition: a man who works at many small jobs in and around a building, esp. repairing things.
Example: He was a migrant handyman with no calluses. - 8Put up (phrasal verb)Definition: to attach something, esp. to a wall.
Example: We put up some new pictures in the living room. - 9Bustling (adjective)Definition: If a place is bustling, it is full of busy activity
Example: The house, usually bustling with activity, was strangely silent. - 10Forge (verb)Definition: to make or produce something, especially with some difficulty.
Example: She forged a new career for herself as a singer. - 11Glitz (noun)Definition: the showy quality of something.
Example: The glitz and glamour of Hollywood is amazing. - 12Raid (verb)Definition: to enter a place illegally and usually violently, and steal from it.
Example: The post office was raided late at night. - 13Shrine (noun)Definition: a place for worship that is holy because of a connection with a holy person or object.
Example:Islam's most sacred shrine is at Mecca in Saudi Arabia. - 14Fund (noun)Definition: an amount of money saved, collected, or provided for a particular purpose.
Example: Contributions are being sought for the disaster fund. - 15Stable boy (noun)Definition: a young man who works in a stable and takes care of the horses.
Example: The king tells his stable boy to house the grey mare next to his own brown horse.
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- Vocabulary from Life Upper Intermediate Student's book (unit 12).
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- Roberto Baxin
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