
Answer — Exercise 5
7.2 - Buy, buy, buy·New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
What is the difference in meaning between the underlined verb phrases in each pair of sentences?
Answer
1
- to bid for something → to make an offer to buy something at an auction
- to haggle for something → to negotiate with the seller over the price of something especially in a market
2
- to get a bargain → to pay a lower than usual price for something
- to get a discount → to pay less than the original price because the seller lowers the price
3
- to get a refund → to take something back to a shop and get your money back
- to get a receipt → to get a piece of paper from the shop to prove you bought something
4
- to be able to afford something → to have enough money to pay for something
- to be worth it → for something to be the value of what you paid for it