English File Intermediate "Lesson 2A" Vocabulary

money

noun

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n

e

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something that we use to buy and sell goods and services, can be in the form of coins or paper bills

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I really need to save money to buy a new bicycle.

My parents give me pocket money every week.

worth

Adjective

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th

θ

important or good enough to be treated or viewed in a particular way

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to borrow

Verb

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oʊ

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to use or take something belonging to someone else, with the idea of returning it

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lend

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to afford

Verb

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ə

ff

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d

to be able to pay the cost of something

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Grammatical Information:

transitive

to charge

Verb

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ɑ

r

g

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e

to ask a person to pay a certain amount of money in return for a product or service

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Grammatical Information:

intransitive

cost

noun

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s

t

an amount we pay to buy, do, or make something

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to earn

Verb

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n

to get money for the job that we do or services that we provide

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Grammatical Information:

transitive

to inherit

Verb

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n

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to receive money, property, etc. from someone who has passed away

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Grammatical Information:

transitive

to invest

Verb

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to spend money or resources with the intention of gaining a future advantage or return

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divest

Grammatical Information:

intransitive

to lend

Verb

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ɛ

n

d

to give someone something, like money, expecting them to give it back after a while

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borrow

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive

to owe

Verb

o

oʊ

w

e

to have the responsibility of paying someone back a certain amount of money that was borrowed

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Grammatical Information:

ditransitive

raise

noun

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eɪ

s

z

e

an amount of money added to our regular payment for the job we do

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to save

Verb

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eɪ

v

e

to keep money to spend later

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Grammatical Information:

transitive

to waste

Verb

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eɪ

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t

e

to use something without care or more than needed

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conserve

Grammatical Information:

transitive

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