Cover of the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5 - Fortunes for the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book with authors JJ Wilson with Antonia Clare from Pearson Education

Question

Check you understand the meaning of the underlined words / phrases in sentences 1-8.

Answer

  1. inherited a lot of money
  2. argued about the price
  3. the business of buying and selling shares
  4. an increase in wages
  5. describes (people) who earn a lot
  6. worth more than money can buy
  7. paid according to how much you sell
  8. couldn't pay its debts