Cover of the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7.2 - Buy, buy, buy for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

What is the difference in meaning between the underlined verb phrases in each pair of sentences?

Answer

1

  1. to bid for something → to make an offer to buy something at an auction
  2. to haggle for something → to negotiate with the seller over the price of something especially in a market

2

  1. to get a bargain → to pay a lower than usual price for something
  2. to get a discount → to pay less than the original price because the seller lowers the price

3

  1. to get a refund → to take something back to a shop and get your money back
  2. to get a receipt → to get a piece of paper from the shop to prove you bought something

4

  1. to be able to afford something → to have enough money to pay for something
  2. to be worth it → for something to be the value of what you paid for it