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CERF Topic Vocabulary

Phonetic

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Money ticket

/tk.t/

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Money poor

/pr/

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Money pay

/pe/

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Money money

/mn.i/

Parts of
speech

Definition

Examples

a small piece of paper that shows you have Dictionary examples:

paid to do something, for example travel a concert ticket
on a bus, watch a movie, etc.
a train/bus/plane ticket
a lottery ticket
a ticket office
a ticket collector
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
I['ll] b[u]y the tickets.
having very little money or few
Dictionary examples:
possessions
Most of these people are very poor.
Many medicines are too expensive for poorer countries to afford.
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
It cost 500 Euro [so] it isn't for poor people.
[I or T] to give money to someone for
Dictionary examples:
something you are buying or using, or
Helena paid for the meal.
because you owe them money
He paid $200 for the tickets.
Do you want to pay by cash or card?
Did you pay the telephone bill?
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
I [don't] have to pay. It's free.
the coins or bills that are used to buy
Dictionary examples:
things
How much money do you have?
I don't have much money on me.
I spent a lot of money.
Roger wanted to buy it but it cost too much money.
The company isn't making any money this year.
Try to save some money for your vacation.
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Money A1
CERF Topic Vocabulary

Phonetic

Parts of
speech

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Money expensive /kspen.sv/

adjective

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Money dollar

noun

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Money credit card /kred.tkrd/

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Money cent

/dl.r/ (
SYMBOL $)

/sent/

noun

Definition

Examples

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

He is from England and he is very friendly and he work[s] a lot because he
likes money.
costing a lot of money
Dictionary examples:
expensive jewelry
He buys very expensive clothes.
It's expensive to own a car.
She has expensive taste.
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
My mother bought the glass for me last year and it's very expensive.
the unit of money used in the US, Canada, Dictionary examples:
Australia, New Zealand and some other
Can I borrow ten dollars?
countries
The suitcase was full of dollar bills.
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
Eugene gave me twenty dollars.
a small plastic card that allows you to buy Dictionary example:
something and pay for it later
I paid by credit card.
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
The wallet contains all my credit cards and my ticket to London.
a unit of money worth 0.01 of the US
Dictionary example:
dollar and of the main monetary unit of
many countries, or a coin with this value He spent eighty cents on a chocolate bar.
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
Last weekend I went with a few friends to the shopping center of my
town, but I [did]n't spend a cent.

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Money A1
CERF Topic Vocabulary

Phonetic

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Money buy

/b/

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Money bank

/bk/

Parts of
speech
verb

Definition
to get something by paying money for it

an organization or place where you can

borrow money, save money, etc.

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Examples
Dictionary examples:
Eventually she had saved enough money to buy a small car.
They bought the house for $240,000.
He's buying flowers for his mother.
I bought my camera from a friend of mine.
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
I bought it five years ago.
Dictionary examples:
I need to go to the bank at lunchtime.
I had to take out a bank loan to start my own business.
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
She works in [a] bank.