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Vocabulary: consumption

Whether we accept it or not, we are all consumers, obeying some obligations, and yielding to temptations... We have to observe some events resulting

from the regional, national and global contexts, and react as well as we can...

- What does it cost?

- How much is it?

- To cost the earth

- To pay the earth for sth

                                              A drop in prices

- prices are soaring/ rocketing/ spiralling

- To save up for something

- To be economical with sth: avoiding waste/ thrifty/ producing savings. 

- To cut back on food/ to cut down on food

- To tighten one's belt

- To spend a lot on one's car

- The housekeeping money: the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment. 

- To work out one's budget: making effort to manage one's money.

- To keep the household accounts

- To pay for the goods/ to pay $60 for the goods.

- To be in arrears with one's rent=> debt=> eviction. 

- It's due by the end of the month

A little technical, I must admit! But not everything is essential!

Make a pick depending on your needs! 

Good luck!  

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