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 Spending money 

When do people generally use cash? People generally use cash for small or quick payments.

When do they usually credit card? People often use credit cards for big payments or online purchases

Vocabulary (Financial terms)

- An ATM

- A fee

- Foreign currency

An advantage od credit cards: An advantage is that you can pay online

A disadvantage of cash: A disadvantage of cash is that you can have fake money

Superlative adjectives

Use superlative adjective to compare more than two person, places, things or ideas

(The + an adjective + est)

(The most / least + an adjective)

Adjective Comparative Superlative

Cheap Cheaper (than) the cheapest

Nice Nicer (than) the nicest

Easy Easier (than) the easiest

Big Bigger (than) the biggest

Example:

The Empress 400 isn't the most expensive projector we have, but it is the best.

(30/10/2022 First week, third academic cut)

When to use too and enough?

When something is not satisfactory, use:

Too+ an adjective     not + adjective+ enough            

Those rugs are too small.   OR Those rugs aren’t big enough. 

That camera is too heavy.               OR  That camera isn’t light enough.

When something is satisfactory, use an adjective + enough.

This coffeemaker is small enough. I’ll take it

Ajectives:

- big 

- cheap

- expensive

- fast

- heavy

- light

- quiet

- slow

- small

How to Bargain?

- Buyer’s language

 How much do you want for that[shawl]?

 That’s more than I want to spend. 

 I can give you [twenty]for it.

 Would you take[thirty]?

 All I have is[forty].

 It’s a deal

- Seller’s language

 How much do you want to spend?

 I could go as low as [seventy].

 I can’t go lower than [sixty].

 You can have it for [fifty].

 How about [forty-five]?

 It’s a deal.

(06/11/2022 Second week, third academic cut)

When Should I Tip?

- In the U.S., restaurant servers expect a tip of 15 to 20% of the check—depending on how satisfied you are with the service.

-  In Austria and Germany, it’s considered rude if you

don’t hand the tip directly to the server

- In Europe, restaurants almost always add a service charge to the check, so you don’t need to leave a separate tip.

TAXIS:

- In the U.S. and Canada, taxi drivers expect a tip of 15% of the taxi fare.

- in South America and many European countries, you don’t usually tip taxi drivers. Instead, you can round offthe fare and say, “Keep the change.” (For example, if the fare is 3.80 euros, you just round it offto 4 euros.)

HOTELS:

- in South America and many European countries, you don’t usually tip taxi drivers. Instead, you can round offthe fare and say, “Keep the change.” (For example, if the fare is 3.80 euros, you just round it offto 4 euros.)

(13/11/2022 Third week, third academic cut)