Vocabulary Unit 14

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Vocabulary 

Unit 14

Vocabulary 1

Money

They paid in advance

1. They made regular payments over two years
2. They paid all the money that was owing
3. They paid for the hotel room before the holiday
4. They settled the bill after the work was finished.

They paid in arrears

1. They made regular payments over two years
2. They paid all the money that was owing
3. They paid for the hotel room before the holiday
4. They settled the bill after the work was finished.

in arrears = owing money that should have been paid already:

My account is badly in arrears.

They are in arrears on/with their mortgage payments.

If someone is paid in arrears, they are paid at the end of the period of time during which the money was earned:

I'm paid a week in arrears.

They paid in instalments

1. They made regular payments over two years
2. They paid all the money that was owing
3. They paid for the hotel room before the holiday
4. They settled the bill after the work was finished.

They paid in full

1. They made regular payments over two years
2. They paid all the money that was owing
3. They paid for the hotel room before the holiday
4. They settled the bill after the work was finished.

She bought it on impulse

1. Everything in the store was reduced by ten per cent.
2. She saw the hat and immediately decided to buy it.
3. She offered the highest price for the painting
4. She hasn't finished paying for her new fridge yet.

She bought it on hire purchase

1. Everything in the store was reduced by ten per cent.
2. She saw the hat and immediately decided to buy it.
3. She offered the highest price for the painting
4. She hasn't finished paying for her new fridge yet.

She bought it at auction

1. Everything in the store was reduced by ten per cent.
2. She saw the hat and immediately decided to buy it.
3. She offered the highest price for the painting
4. She hasn't finished paying for her new fridge yet.

She bought it in the sales

1. Everything in the store was reduced by ten per cent.
2. She saw the hat and immediately decided to buy it.
3. She offered the highest price for the painting
4. She hasn't finished paying for her new fridge yet.

Verb + adverb collocations

Top sportspeople bring enjoyment to millions and deserve to be paid _________

1. generously
2. heavily
4. hard

There's no point being frugal when you're young - you should spend _________ and have fun.

1. heavily
2. freely
3. hard

Save _________, put down a deposit on a flat and leave home as soon as possible.

1. heavily
2. freely
3. hard

The government in my country needs to invest ________ in technology for schools.

1. heavily
2. freely
3. hard

Vocabulary 2

Quantifying nouns

Quantifying nouns

For each of the following groups of words, choose the one which is not normally used with the quantifying noun, for reasons of collocation or meaning. 

a bunch of

1. flowers
2. keys
3. grapes
4. cheese

a set of

1. criteria
2. children
3. guidelines
4. recommendations

a series of

1. events
2. news
3. experiments
4. articles

a pack of

1. cards
2. lies
3. words
4. wolves

a flock of

1. bees
2. sheep
3. birds
4. geese

a handful of

1. occasions
2. people
3. progress
4. companies

a scrap of

1. paper
2. evidence
3. material
4. furniture

a piece of

1. music
2. work
3. holiday
4. advice

a grain of

1. truth
2. wool
3. salt
4. rice

a ray of

1. hope
2. light
3. sunshine
4. sleep