CLS 8

• 1. the system of exchanging goods, property, services, etc. for other goods, etc. without using money

• 2. to exchange goods, property, services, etc. for other goods, etc. without using money

• barter

• despair

• tandem

• catapult

Answer explanation

• - barter (with somebody) (for something) The prisoners tried to barter with the guards for items like writing paper and books.

• - barter something (for something) The local people bartered wheat for tools.

We have decided to buy ___ in a telecommunications company.

• shares

• portions

• interest

• mortgage

Answer explanation

shares: cổ phiếu

to cost somebody a particular amount of money
- Buying that designer handbag must have ___ you ___, Selena.

• set back

• set out

• set on

• set off

1, the act of moving somebody/something down to a lower rank or level

2, ​the act of making something/somebody seem less important or valuable than it/they really are

to spend a lot of money on something, especially unwillingly
___ ___

​the former unit of money in Greece (replaced in 2002 by the euro

1. - ​a movement of very high air pressure that is caused by an explosion, earthquake, etc.

   • - [plural] feelings of shock that people experience when something bad happens suddenly

on the ___
-> the lowest level of income on which it is possible to live

__ ___

-> khủng hoảng tín dụng

Answer explanation

/krʌntʃ/

1. 1. Babies are ___ to put objects into their mouths.

2. 2. The song would have been more ___ for a bass voice.

3. 3. That question seemed quite ___ in the circumstances.