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Dn SS 20210510 - revision

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spend a lot of money on sth, especially on a luxury, which you buy even though it costs a lot of money. (Phr v)

He _________ hundreds of pounds on designer clothes.
splash out on

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to have just enough ​money to ​pay for the things that you need/ for essentialsals* (set expression)

"if you're well-off you can afford to save each month but if not, you'll find it hard to _____.
make ends meet (expression/idiom)

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charging someone too much for something. Unfairly expensive (infml)

"You can make small savings on socks in that shop, but don't buy T-shirts there. They're a real _____.
a rip-off


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an act of giving financial assistance to a failing business, bank, ... (phr v)

"One bank has such huge debts it had to be ___ out- by the government.
bail out

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having had more money taken out that was in the account

"Customers whose accounts are ______ must pay 15% interest on money owed to the bank"
overdrawn (account)

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neither make nor lose money (buisness, company)

"The company will survive as long as it __________, but if it makes a loss it may go out of business."
break even


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​to produce or publish somethingg* (Phr v)

"when news of a political crises _____, the currency fell sharply on foreign exchange markets." He splashed out hundreds of pounds on designer clothes.
get out (news, etc)

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to decide that you are no longer going to take part in something that has been agreed (Phr v)

"Despite their promises, the company _____ of the deal when the economic situation worsened."
back out (of sth)

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the direction and movement of demand for a product

"we had written a business plan, identified market __________ and developed a product."
market trends

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there are no more of that to buy (goods, tickets,...etc) (Phr v)

"fortunately, we landed on our feet, selling 100 meals on our first day of trading.(...) To our great delight, we _____ by the end of the day."
sell out

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*in order to do sth"

"Louise is saving up money ____ buying a new house"
with a view to

Unit 4 - Fixed phrases
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