Unit 4
willing to accept many different types of behaviour, beliefs, or choices in other people:
broad-minded
to buy something:
Tickets must be __________ two weeks in advance.
purchase
to be extremely expensive:
I'd love to buy a Porsche, but they__________________.
cost an arm and a leg
to give some money when several people are giving money to pay for something together:
chip in
kind and helpful:
considerate
an amount of money that is given back to you, especially because you are not happy with a product or service that you have bought:
refund
to buy or get something quickly and enthusiastically because it is cheap or exactly what you want:
snap up a bargain
to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money:
How can he __________on so little money?
get by
able to be happy, successful, etc. again after something difficult or bad has happened:
She's a ______________ girl - she won't be unhappy for long.
resilient
to hit or try to hit something, especially with a sideways movement:
She opened the window and_______at the flies with a rolled-up newspaper to make them go out.
swipe
to cost a lot of money or too much money:
This dress __________.
cost a fortune
to cheat someone by making them pay too much money for something:
Bob's tickets cost much less than ours - I think we've been ___________.
ripp off
not able to be trusted
He is an utterly _______________, unreliable source.
untrustworthy
(an amount of) money paid to the government that is based on your income or the cost of goods or services you have bought:
They're increasing the_______ on cigarettes.
tax
to spend less money than you did before because you have less money:
I've had to _________since I stopped working full-time.
tighten my belt
to save something, usually money or time, for a special purpose:
set aside
likely to do something suddenly, without considering the results of your actions:
He's so _____________ - why can't he think things over before he rushes into them?
impetuous
an amount of money that a customer pays to a bank for its services:
bank charge
to waste money by spending it on something that will never be a success or make any profit:
throw money down the drain
to spend a lot of money on buying things, especially things that are pleasant to have but that you do not need:
They __________ £3,000 on a holiday.
splash out