Money

Exercise 37.3

Choose the correct collocation.

1. 
   Bank assistant: Can I help you?
   Customer: Yes. I’d like to take / get / make a withdrawal from my account, please.
2. 
   Bank Manager: Is your company getting / making / taking money?
   Business customer: Yes. We are in profit. So I have a firm / steady / strong income.
3. 
   Teenage son: Dad, will you lend me some money to buy a car?
   Father: Well, money is rather slim / hard / tight at the moment. Ask your mother.
4. 
   Jake: These cameras aren’t as expensive as I thought.
   Fran: They’re going / asking / giving cheap right now because a new model has just come out. The new ones are ridiculously expensive because they are in such low / short / little supply.
5. 
   George: We need to bring up / rise / raise money for the new gym. Any ideas?
   Joe: Well, we could have a children’s sports day and get all the parents to contribute.
6. 
   Mick: You must have made a slight / slim / small fortune when you sold your house.
   Kathy: Yes, I did, but the money is all closed up / tied up / packed up in the new one.
7. 
   Oscar: I guess Zara is making big / large / huge money with her Internet business.
   Erica: Oh yes, she’s absolutely / utterly / seriously rich now.