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Daily Life - Lending Money (C0355)

A: Can I borrow five bucks?

B: No!

A: Come on! I’ll pay you back on Tuesday.

B: Last time I lent you money, you never paid me

back.

A: I promise if you lend me five dollars today, I will

repay you in full next week.

B: Ok, but I’m taking your skateboard as collateral.

A: Fine! I can’t believe you don’t trust me.

B: It’s nothing personal, just business.

Key Vocabulary

borrow V to take or have something temporarily

bucks N dollar (slang )

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c 2011 Praxis Language Ltd.lend V to give something to

someone temporarily

repay V pay back

trust V confident expectation

of something; hope.

collateral N security pledged for the

payment of a loan

Supplementary Vocabulary

barter V the act of exchanging

goods for other goods

mooch N a person that is always

asking to borrow money

or food

loan N Something lent for temporary use

interest N a percentage added to a

loan as a fee for lending

money

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c 2011 Praxis Language Ltd.past due A the status of a scheduled loan payment that

has not been paid on

time.

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