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Language Summary 12 DVD-ROM 12
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IElt Money 12A p94 m Collocations (4): take and get

lend money (to someone) give money to someone for a period 128 p96
of time. You expect the person to pay it back: I lent my brother
take get
£50 last week.
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borrow money (from someone) take money from a person, take someone's advice get ready
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bank, etc. and pay it back in the future: Can I borrow £20 until take (a long) time to do something get lost
Friday?
take sugar (in coffee, tea, etc.) get he·adaches
owe /du/ someone money when you borrow money from a
take exams get stressed
person, bank, etc. and have to give it back in the future: I owe •
take notes get (something) right or wrong
the bank a lot of money. •
pay money back give money back to the person, bank, etc. take it easy get an illness (a cold, flu, etc.)
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you borrowed it from : I'll pay you back tomorrow. take risks
spend money (on something) use money to buy things:
I spend £70 on food every week.
take it easy relax and do nothing: I always take it easy when
save money (for something) keep money so that you can use
I'm on holiday .
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it in the future: I'm saving £50 a month for a holiday. take risks do things that might be dangerous: My father would
waste money (on something) spend money on something never go diving. He doesn't like taking risks.
you don't need or want, or isn't very good: I've wasted a lot of get ready prepare yourself for something (going to work, a party,
money on my car. It still doesn't work! etc.) by having a shower, getting dressed, putting on make-up,
cost money you have to pay this amount of money to buy or etc.: My girlfriend always takes a long time to get ready.
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use something: My sister's new kitchen cost a lot of money. get something right or wrong have the correct or incorrect
earn /3:n/ money get money for doing work: He earns about answer: How many questions did you get right?
£50,000 a year.
get money out (of the bank) take money out of your own bank
account: I have to get some money out of the bank tomorrow.
win money get money from a lottery, a competition, a horse
race, etc.: I won £10 on the lottery last Saturday. www.english0905.com

lose money 1 you can't find some money that you had: I've lost
£50- 1 can't find it anywhere. 2 opposite of 'win money': He lost
all his money in Las Vegas.
take notes
TIPS• The verbs lend and borrow are very similar. Look at
the picture. Chris is lending some money to Mark. Mark is
borrowing money from Chris. Now Mark owes Chris some
money and has to pay him back in the future.

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get stressed

m Connecting words (2): first, next, then,
etc. 12C · p98

• We use when and while to connect things that happen at the
same time.
• We use first, next, then, after, after that and finally to show the
order of events.
Chris Mark
TIPS• After can be followed by a noun or 'subject + verb':
• When you want to borrow money you can say: Can I borrow
After the Louvre, Banksy put his primitive cave painting in the
£20? or Can you lend me £20? not Gan you borrmv me £20? British Museum.
• We say It's a waste of money when we think something isn't very He became popular after he started using stencils.
good or is too expensive: Don't buy that-it's a waste of money.
• After that is always followed by 'subject+ verb':
• The verbs lend, spend, cost, get, win and lose are irregular. After that Banksy's graffiti appeared on lots of buildings in
See the Irregular Verb List, p167. Bristol and London.