Haggle outright fare

Refund be in the red receipt

Overdraft fee discount

Rip-off on credit deposit

Salary bank statement bank loan

Buy in bulk savings account mortgage

Current account withdraw bargain

Blue-eyed boy a white lie

A red herring a white-collar job a green belt

Red-carpet treatment to see red rose-coloured spectacles

B)

Once in a blue moon red tape to catch someone red-handed

In the red a black sheep to have green fingers

Out of the blue in black and white green with envy

A)

(a) The offer of a job sounded very good on the phone, but I shan’t believe it till I

have it______.

(b) I must remind you that this is a non-smoking office. I suspect that some of you

have been smoking. If I happen______, I’m afraid it will mean dismissal.

(c) To import firearms into Britain you’ll have to fill in a lot of forms. There’s a lot

of______.

(d) If you want to be a successful gardener, of course you’ve got______.

(e) The rest of the family were respectable, honest people, but he was always in

trouble. I'm afraid he was______.

(f) When I saw him in a new sports car, I was______.

(g) Tourists often go to the Louvre, but most Parisians only go______.

(h) The firm is______. It owes a lot of money.

(i) I had lost touch with Jack, and then one night he arrived at my flat right______.

What a surprise!

(a) Naturally the President’s wife received ______ on her visit.

(b) He said he didn’t want to have ______ and sit in an office all day.

(c) All round the city there is ______ of open country where building is restricted.

(d) She loves animals and tends ______ when she sees one being badly treated.

(e) He told _____ to avoid hurting his wife’s feelings.

(f) Everyone thinks he’ll be Director of the firm one day. He’s the ________.

(g) Be realistic. You can’t go though life looking at the world through _______.

(h) In class pupils sometimes introduce _____ to distract the teacher from his

subject.

2.15. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below. Do people in Russia use their personal finance similarly? Be ready to give a short presentation in class on the way people use their personal finance in Russia.

In a bank you usually have a (a) _______, which is one where you pay in your (b) _____ and then (c) _________ money to pay your everyday bills. The bank sends you a regular (d) ________ telling you how much money is in your account. You may also have a (e) _______ where you (f) _______ any extra money that you have and only take money out when you want to spend it on something special. You usually try to avoid having an (g) ______ or you end up paying a lot of interest. If your account is overdrawn, you can be said to (h) _______ (as opposed to in the black or in credit).

Sometimes the bank may lend you money - this is called a (i) ______. If the bank (or building society) lends you money to buy a house, that money is called a (j) _____.

When you buy (or, more formally, purchase) something in a shop, you usually pay for it (k) ______ but sometimes you buy (l) _______ (on installments). Sometimes you may be offered a (m) ________ or a reduction on something you buy at a shop. This means that you get, say, £10 off perhaps because you are a student. You are often offered a discount if you (n) _________. It is not usual to (o) ______ about prices in a British shop, as it is in, say, a Turkish market. If you want to return something which you have bought to a shop, you may be given a (p) _______, i.e. your money will be returned, provided you have a (q) _______.

The money that you pay for services, e.g. to a school or a lawyer, is usually called a (r) ______ or fees; the money paid for a journey is a (s) _____.

If you buy something that you feel was very good value, it's a (t) _____. If you feel that it is definitely not worth what you paid for it, then you can call it a (u) _____ (very colloquial).

2.16. Study the information about money, weights and measures in Great Britain and the USA. Remember the new words.

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