Review
今日はこれまでのレッスンの振り返り。
To cost an arm and a legmeans to be very expensive.
Staying at a five-star hotel will cost an arm and a leg.
- Something that costs a fortunerequires a lot of money.
The taxi ride from the airport cost a fortune!
- Dirt cheapmeans very inexpensive.
The souvenirs I bought were dirt cheap.
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- To rip someoneoff means to make someone pay too much for something.
I think the salesman ripped me off!
- The best someonecan do is the maximum amount that a buyer can pay or the minimum amount that a seller can take.
Is 300 dollars the best you can do?
- A buyer or seller won’t negotiate anymore after his/herlast offer.
Is five dollars your last offer?
- When a store issues a refund, it means they return the money that they received as payment for an item.
- Proof of purchase is a document such as a receipt that shows that a customer paid for something.
- If a store does something no questions asked, then they don’t require an explanation or other additional information from the customer.
- A worthy causeis an activity or organization that deserves attention or help from people because it’s doing something good.
- Topay it forward means to do something nice for someone because someone else did something nice for you.
- If you struggle tomake ends meet, you have trouble earning enough money for your needs.
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