CE C1 - Unit 3 - Money - Vocabulary

Choose the option that is not possible:

Can you lend me £20? I'm really ..... at the moment.

• hard up

• loaded

• skint

Choose the option that is not possible:

Steve's business became yet another sign of these difficult times when it .........

• went bust

• went bankrupt

• broke even

Choose the option that is not possible:

You can't sell that painting - it's ......

• pricey

  .

• priceless

• worthless

Choose the option that is not possible:

Patti had to take on a part-time job to make up for her meagre ......

• pension

• ransom

• alimony

Choose the option that is not possible:

Despite the global recession, some countries have actually experienced .......

• high unemployment

• economic expansion

• an increase in GDP.

Choose the option that is not possible:

We'll have to pay a generous ..... if we want to secure his services.

• advance

• fee

• tip

Choose the option that is not possible:

Don't be so ..... You always disappear when the bill comes!

• flashy

• stingy

• tight

The waitress was so rude, and the service so slow, that we decided not to leave a _ _ _ at the end of the meal.

(a)  

I just couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the _ _ _ that my lawyer had charged me ... £2,750!

(a)  

Unfortunately, many of the 'authentic' autographs bought and sold on the Internet are not genuine, and as such are completely _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

(a)