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2BACH, Money and Business

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    Vocab and grammar
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  • Define the idiom: to spend money like water
    to use money crazily and/or carelessly
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  • like water to use money crazily and/or carelessly I filed for bankruptcy because I couldn't __ to pay all my debts.
    AFFORD
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  • Define: debt
    an amount of money owed
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  • In the 1990s, people had the luck of enjoying a __ economy. Everything was great.
    BOOMING
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  • Most people start to enjoy the benefits of __ between the ages of 65 and 67.
    RETIREMENT
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  • The opposite of FIRED is...
    HIRED
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  • The act of working from home is called...
    TELECOMMUTING
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  • Define the idiom: Money makes the world go round.
    Money is essential. Money is what makes things happen.
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  • Give two synonyms for the word SALARY.
    WAGES, INCOME, PAY, REMUNERATION, EARNINGS, ETC.
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  • What does it mean if you're paid ON COMMISSION?
    You're paid based on what you sell or the services you provide.
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  • Restate the sentence. Use the word in CAPS in your new sentence so that it retains its meaning: This is the only milk we have in the house. ALL
    This is ALL the milk we have in the house.
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  • Restate the sentence. Use the word in CAPS in your new sentence so that it retains its meaning: Both of the students gave bad presentations. NEITHER
    NEITHER student gave a good presentation.
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  • Restate the sentence. Use the word in CAPS in your new sentence so that it retains its meaning: Both you and your brother are grounded for two weeks! EACH
    EACH of you are grounded for two weeks!
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  • Restate the sentence. Use the word in CAPS in your new sentence so that it retains its meaning: Whenever I go to the dentist, I get nervous. EVERY
    EVERY time I go to the dentist, I get nervous.
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  • Complete the sentence with ALL, EACH, EITHER, EVERY, NO, or NONE: Are ___ of you thinking about going to the concert next Saturday?
    EITHER
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  • Complete the sentence with ALL, EACH, EITHER, EVERY, NO, or NONE: I think __ person in this room deserves a raise.
    EACH (or EVERY, for emphasis)
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