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Possible groupings:
Crimes: theft hi-jacking smuggling bribery drunken driving rape
Punishments: prison flogging deathpenalty probation communityservice fine
People connected with the law: witness detective traffic warden lawyer judge
members of a jury

Unit 56
1 Japan - yen; Australia - dollar; India - rupee; Russia - rouble.
2 It is any currency which is reliable and stable.
3 American Express and Visa.
4 Alcohol and tobacco.
5 Rents from property; winnings from gambling; interest from investments.
6 It is an index used for calculating the value of shares on the Stock Exchange in Kew York. The
FT (or Footsie) Index in London and the Nikkei in Japan.
7 An ancient Greek vase in perfect condition is priceless and an old biro that doesn't work is
valueless.

1 interest - money chargeable on a loan
2 mortgage - a loan to purchase property
3 an overdrawn account - a bank account with minus money in it
4 savings account - an account that is used mainly for keeping money
5 current account - an account that cheques are drawn on for day-to-day use
6 pension - money paid to people after a certain age
7 disability allowance - money paid to people with a handicap
8 child benefit - money paid towards the cost of raising a family
9 grant - money given by the government for education, welfare, etc.
The only two headlines that most people would be pleased to see are 'Interest rates down' and
'VAT to be reduced'.
1 inheritance tax 2 loan 3 black 4 rebate 5 refund

Unit 57

Suggested answers:
1 That's a vast amount of money to be wasted like that!
2 That's a considerable number of people.
3 It seems it'll be about average again this year, then.
4 At least that's only a small amount of money.
5 You've wasted a huge amount of time.

small: miniscule minute meagre insignificant
large: gigantic overwhelming excessive sizeable
1 minute/miniscule 4 sizeable
2 overwhelming/excessive/gigantic 5 excessive
3 a(n) excessive/gigantic

57.3 1 a lot of (this gives a rather negative feel; lots of would sound too positive)
2 plenty of / lots of (a positive quantity)
3 much / a lot
4 a good / great deal of / a lot of
5 Many / A lot of (Many and much are sometimes used in affirmatives, but they do have a
somewhat formal feel about them used in that way; the general rule of thumb is not to use
much and many in simple affirmatives.)

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