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English Conversation Set Three

English Conversation Set Three

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English Conversation Set Three

By Simply English

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Live within your means

Eric : It’s such a shame we are so broke. Everyone is splurging out there; I feel like two cents.

Carl : Tomorrow is our pay day and we’re going to be loaded. Aren’t we?

Eric : What we earn is just a drop in the ocean compared to Steven.

Carl : That guy is born with a silver spoon in his mouth. It’s time you came down to earth and learned how to live within your means.

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Vocabulary

Broke : (adj) having little or no money. Splurge : (v) spend (money) freely or extravagantly. Feel like two cents : to have a feeling of complete worthlessness or unimportance.

Loaded : (adj) having a lot of money; wealthy.

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Vocabulary

​A drop in the ocean : a very small amount.

Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth : Born into a wealthy family.

Come down to earth : to become realistic.

Live within one’s means : to spend less or only as much money as one is earning.

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Fill in the gaps with appropriate expressions below using the correct from :

live within one’s means, splurge, loaded, a drop in the ocean, feel like two cents, come down to earth, broke, born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

I'm glad to have finally broken up with Steven, he always made me

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.

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Fill in the gaps with appropriate expressions below using the correct from :

live within one’s means, splurge, loaded, a drop in the ocean, feel like two cents, come down to earth, broke, born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

Billionaires swarmed into Nice to

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millions during the summer holidays.

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Fill in the gaps with appropriate expressions below using the correct from :

live within one’s means, splurge, loaded, a drop in the ocean, feel like two cents, come down to earth, broke, born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

Most of the students at the exclusive private college were

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.

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Fill in the gaps with appropriate expressions below using the correct from :

live within one’s means, splurge, loaded, a drop in the ocean, feel like two cents, come down to earth, broke, born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

Her new boyfriend's absolutely

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.

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Fill in the gaps with appropriate expressions below using the correct from :

live within one’s means, splurge, loaded, a drop in the ocean, feel like two cents, come down to earth, broke, born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

We're just

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compared to the big investors.

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Fill in the gaps with appropriate expressions below using the correct from :

live within one’s means, splurge, loaded, a drop in the ocean, feel like two cents, come down to earth, broke, born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

He began to save money when he finally learned to

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.

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Fill in the gaps with appropriate expressions below using the correct from :

live within one’s means, splurge, loaded, a drop in the ocean, feel like two cents, come down to earth, broke, born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

I was excited to book a vacation, but I

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when I checked my nearly depleted bank account.

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Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the gaps with appropriate expressions below using the correct from :

live within one’s means, splurge, loaded, a drop in the ocean, feel like two cents, come down to earth, broke, born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

He was

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owing two million pounds.

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