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English Vocabulary – How to talk about money
Money is something you’ll need to talk about all your life! In this free lesson, you’ll learn some essential English vocabulary to help you speak about this important subject.
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AshrafAdel
Dear Rebecca
Could you please enlighten us if there are teachers who offer the service of practicing English speaking online with them , and what would be the cost for each hour of online practice, also are there any interactive online classes for more than one candidate at the same time (similar to online conferences) so that we benefit from brainstorming and different ideas and inquiries raised by others?
Thanks
Dear Sir/ Madam
Thanks so much, I will find these lesson very useful, I am really appreciated fro your hard work. I wish every day change the subject we must learn new things. Please pass my thanks to Alex his prounciation is very clear.
Yours sincerely
A. Shah
ali
Yes, Ashraf, there are certainly many teachers who offer online English lessons, privately and in groups. The rates vary from place to place so it’s difficult to generalize. I am sure if you google “online English lessons” , you will be able to find many such possibilities.
Good luck with your English.
RebeccaESL
stanley Jean
Dear rebecca,
Once I am glad to send you my message I want to give you thanks for your help ,your website is very useful i think that I’m going to improve English with it because i’m a biginer in Esl.can you help me about my comprehension I have dificuty to listen someone.
God bless you
Glad the website helps you.
The only way to improve your listening skills is to do more listening!
You could look for special ESL books which focus on listening exercises. This is better in the beginning so you can train your ear gradually.
All the best.
RebeccaESL
m hamdoun
good effort , many thanks for you all about.
Thanks! My best to you.
RebeccaESL
Thanks! My best wishes to you.
RebeccaESL
Riva
Thank you very much!
This lesson is very helpful for me.
So glad it helped you. All the best to you.
RebeccaESL
Ahmed Jumaa
good luck…*_-
Same to you – thanks.
RebeccaESL
diepzero
Thank you very much!
Have a nice day, Rebecca.
You’re welcome. Enjoy each day – they are all special.
RebeccaESL
raul
As always, very interesting lesson
Have a nice day Rebecca
You too, Raul. Thank you.
RebeccaESL
Baguian
my bigger decouvrte in inglish!
I wish you all the best with your English.
RebeccaESL
eleuterio
excellent lesson
Thanks, eleuterio. Always nice to get some feedback. My best to you.
RebeccaESL
shrinivasgnaik
thank u so much
You’re very welcome. All the best with your English.
RebeccaESL
zyzy sultan
yah yah that which we want to know
thank you so much
sultanslife.1990@hotmail.com
Yes, we all need to talk about money don’t we? Glad I could help.
RebeccaESL
ahmed mwaffaq
hi madam rebecca i would like to thank u alot 4 these priceless things u r doing,what puzzles me in english is that sometimes i dont understand the american accent and they often speak in the way which really excruciates me alot because i’m mad about english and i have a myriad of vocabulary in which i guess no learner has,because vocabulary has always been my favorite thing in english,the other thing is that english has got uncountable words and synonyms as well,my question is(do i have to know it all)because u know it takes lots of time to be all known and i have been reading in dictionaries 4 such along time,for example(fascinate,mesmerize,bewitch,smite,enthrall,captivate,enchant,charm,entrance,infatuate,thrill,spellbind,enamor),u definitely know that there is a slight difference between these various words but the meaning is roughly the same,can u please help if u dont mind,thanks a bundle
Hi Ahmed,
I think it’s pretty amazing that you’ve devoted so much time to studying English vocabulary. It shows that you’re very determined to do whatever you do very well and that’s a great characteristic.
To communicate successfully, you don’t have to know every single word. English has so many words that no-one knows them all. So if you enjoy learning the vocabulary, then please go ahead.
If you’re getting tired, then slow down and think about the context in which you need to use English. Then practice the vocabulary you need for that purpose. It will be more useful to you.
The other words you have mentioned are useful if you wish to read fiction or literature. You may or may not need to differentiate so specifically when actually speaking in English.
In any case, I wish you the very best and respect your desire to learn more. My best to you, Ahmed.
RebeccaESL
Maria
I enjoyed your class about money. It was very didactic. I like your accent, too. Thanks a lot.
You’re welcome, Maria. Thanks for your input. It helps all teachers to know what their students think. My best wishes to you.
RebeccaESL
Ashraf Adel
You don’t respond to anyone sweety?
Sorry, Ashraf, sometimes it takes a while. I will try and respond more frequently!
RebeccaESL
Ashraf Adel
Thank you so much Rebecca, truly you are a very nice person , I have noticed that you gave here so many responses (as much as you could) which reflects that you are a person who cares for others. I am very sad because a month ago I got 6.5 in my IELTS exam (1st time) and I asked the British Council for a re-mark and paid the requested fees . Best regards and our appreciation.
Hi Ashraf
Please don’t feel bad about your IELTS score. The IELTS is a difficult exam in the sense that some of the questions are confusing, even if you have prepared for it. Actually, to get 6.5 the first time is pretty good.
If you need a higher score for university admission or some other purpose, you can try the exam again. Of course it costs money, but take note of what your individual scores were on the different sections and focus on improving those skills.
My best wishes to you, my friend.
RebeccaESL
Ashraf Adel
Hi Rebecca,
Thank you so much for your kind reply. Thanks God, my speaking score became 7.0 instead of 6.5 and my writing became 6.0 instead of 5.5 , the overall score remained 6.5. I don’t have any doubt regarding the fairness of London IELTS Senior Examiners , but I am not pleased that I scored 6.0 only in the Writing exam. I performed badly in it although I could achieve a higher score. Being a Financial Manager I am writing business reports (in English) to the E.O. and the Board of Directors on regular basis and I read the UK. Independent , Daily Telegraph, and the Economist , I don’t have any problem to express myself in English talking about several issues. My suggestion to all IELTS candidates is to read a lot of newspapers and magazines in English and to watch the BBC Channel to be familiar with the correct pronouncation of the English Language. I like to watch the ” Hard Talk” program on BBC Inter. :) My best regards.
iam3dmaxman
thank you so much
Welcome! Best of luck with your English.
RebeccaESL
Habib Ullah
thanks for teaching me
Thanks for writing to me! My best wishes to you, Habib.
RebeccaESL
Shaker
Hello,
Please what about OWE ?
Can I use it instead of borrow ? . AS
I borrowed some money from the bank. OR,
I owed the bank some money.
Thank you,
Well, the two words are related but quite different.
After you borrow money from the bank, then you will owe the bank some money.
To borrow means to take from someone or somewhere temporarily.
To owe means to have an obligation to return something, such as money or a favour.
Hope I was able to clarify the point for you. All the best with your English, Shaker.
RebeccaESL
ortiga
Dear Rebecca
thank u so much
You’re very welcome. Ortiga. My best to you.
RebeccaESL
Hugo
Hi Rebecca, I read on your profile something about study in Toronto where you are teaching, I’ve been saving money to go to Canada I’ve been planning go to Vancouver but after watched your video lessons I changed my mind, what should I do to get more informations about school and rules to apply myself to an interchange course during my next vacation in July 2010.
All the best to you.
Hugo, São Paulo, Brazil
I will contact you from our school email. Thanks so much for your feedback. My best wishes to you, Hugo.
RebeccaESL
4307
Dear. teacher, Rebecca.
your video was very useful . thanks for teaching me.
I have a question about your quiz sentence.
“I shouldn’t have gone to the casino ! I just _____________ $200 in half an hour!”
I wonder
“in half an hour” ‘s “in” mean.
I thought preposition “in” present “future mean” before saw the sentence.
for example,
“He will be back in a few days.” mean
“he will not back until 2~3 days later.”
right?
but ,
I just _____________ $200 in half an hour!”
What is “in” mean in this sentence?
Now I’m confused.
Please, help me. tell me grammar point.
I wanna know “in” preposition secret.
Sincerely
Yoo,
From Korea.
Hi Yoo
Thanks for your question. I know that prepositions can be very tricky, but you seem to have understood a lot already.
In the example you have given, “in” means “within” or ‘within that time”.
It’s like when you say,
I’ll be back in 5 minutes.
There too, it means within 5 minutes.
I hope this helps. Of course, the preposition “in” is used in many ways, and that may be what’s making you wonder. You’ll get it, I;m sure, you seem to be a serious and determined student.
My best wishes to you.
RebeccaESL
Atan
Do you mind if i ask something from you,can you tell me how to use
“whom”，i got too confuse of it,thanks,I AM FROM MALAYSIAN.
I could explain, but an easier message would be to tell you that in North American English, you could just use “who” and that would be fine, too.
Okay?
My best to you.
RebeccaESL
humbert
Dear Rebeca,
Your class is excellent. My best wishes four you in this christmas,
Kind regards
Humbert
I wish you a happy holiday season too.
Thanks for your wishes and all the best with your English.
RebeccaESL
Michael
Dear Teacher, Rebecca ! Thank You so much for lessons.
It’s always interesting for me. Please, explain me what is meaning for word “Charge” in finance.
Thank You so much for answer .
Hi Michael
To charge has various meanings. Let’s look at some possibilities.
a) It can mean to require payment. For example, ‘ How much do you charge for a one-hour private lesson?”
2) It can mean to defer or delay payment. For example, ” He bought a shirt and charged it on his credit card.”
3) It can mean to debit an account. For example, ‘The bank charged me $10 to buy a money order.”
So as you can see, the word has several meanings. Hope this helps you. Thanks for your feedback and my best wishes to you.
RebeccaESL
juss-dick
My great thinkful to you mom Rebecca, i’m so pride to you, because thanks to you i benefit many things in your language because you’re not selfish you share your intelligent for who need learning.., there is nine months ago i’m learning english, and then my need or target is to speak english like you, secondly i enjoy english so much.
Thanks and all the best with your English.
RebeccaESL
juss-dick
I’m so gratiful to you, because thanks to you I know many things in english, let me God bless you for your kindness you share your intelligence for every body who wants learning english. My best wish to you for this new year.
My best wishes to you too in your English studies and in life.
I am sure you will achieve your goal because you have already learned to express yourself so well.
Have a wonderful 2010.
RebeccaESL
thaiquochung
after this lesson, i knowed how to use this words appropriately! thank so much!!i`m from vietnam.^^
My pleasure. All the best to you.
RebeccaESL
liza
Thank you Rebecca.
I like the way you teach. This is really so helpful. I am very happy that i get the change to learn from you. Happy a nice day!. and keep it up.
Best wishes,
Liza
liza
hey this is liza again,
Ohh sorry i forget to tell you that i work in a BANK. so i surely need to know the terms of Money use in BANK. So this tutorial is very helpful for me. :) Thank you very much once again.
So glad the lesson helped you. Yes, in a bank you’ll have a chance to hear and use these words a lot!
Of course, there are many more words so I will plan to do a second lesson for you and everyone else who needs to speak about money.
My best wishes to you, Liza.
RebeccaESL
jason2004
Dear Rebecca.
I enjoyed your class about money.
Thanks for teaching me.
You’re so welcome. All the best, Jason.
RebeccaESL
alex
thank you dear rebacca for teaching, you are the best :)
Thank you, Alex. Good luck with your English. My best wishes to you.
RebeccaESL
dahmani
i’m very enjoy for your lessons ,it’s very useful and very clair , i want to thank you for your help , you’re very helpfull , could you give me some advices to improve my speaking , and my listinenig , and how long do you think it would be take to improve my english thanks a lot , if you remarque somes mistakes please correct me
Thanks for your feedback.
It would be great if you could join a conversational English class to help you improve your listening and speaking skills. You could also benefit from working with a private teacher.
If you join a series of courses, or make a plan to improve your English, you can make steady progress.
Can’t say how long it will take. It depends on so many different factors, but most of all on how much time you can spend learning and reviewing.
My best wishes to you, dahmani.
RebeccaESL
Muhammad Yasir
RebeccaESL great way of teaching really i impressed with this way.
take care
B.Regards,
M.Yasir
Glad the lessons help you, Muhammad. My best wishes to you.
RebeccaESL
aresha
dear Rebecca
thanks for such an interesting and informative lecture. it really helped me to clear certain misperceptions. Thankyou
So glad I could help. My best to you.
RebeccaESL
ahmed mwaffaq
hi madam rebecca i just wanna ask u about sth. once i saw an interview on youtube with an english actor called Hugh Laurie and it was on slang words and expressions,this actor asked the interviewer about some expression which is(chuffed to bits)which means to be pleased or delighted etc,and the interviewer didn’t know its meaning.and here is the link of that interview if u r interested in it.once again i saw an interview with the canadian singer shania twain,the interviewer said to shania at the very start of that interview”i’m really chuffed to see u again” ,what puzzles me is that canadian accent and american are too much similar to each other and that american interviewer in the 1st. interview i saw didnt know the meaning of chuffed or chuffed to bits as it was in the 1st.while shania twain who is a canadian singer knows the meaning and it wasn’t expected to be known by shania as she is canadian or semi-american i can say,and here is the link
in my dictionary the word chuffed is available while in others it is not.
Slang varies according to regions, and that’s why not everyone who speaks English knows all of the expressions.
It’s good that you are interested in the details of the language. This way you will learn even more.
My best to you.
RebeccaESL
ahmed mwaffaq
hi
her is the link of the 1st. interview that i forgot to post in the above comment
thanx soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much
eunahhwang
thank you so much~ i really appreciate it
may i ask you a question?
what’s difference between “deposit” and “save”?
thank you for your reply in advance :)
Thanks for your feedback.
When you deposit money in a bank, it just means that you place it in your account. If you keep it there, it may mean the same thing as saving it.
However, you may not leave the money in your account for long! Theoretically, you could withdraw it and spend it all the next minute, and then you wouldn’t have saved any money at all.
When you save it, you actually keep it aside and you don’t spend it. Maybe you are saving small amounts to buy something expensive, or for your retirement, or for an emergency.
I hope this helps. My best wishes to you.
RebeccaESL
boyzrulzz
hey rebecca,
thanks for your lesson .. i found your style of teaching is much more easier than all of other teacher here .. i am not that good in this language .. but i want your guidence to learn correctly
All the teachers have interesting lessons that can help you improve in different ways. So glad I could help you. My best to you.
RebeccaESL
nemo
thanks alot wish u all happiness
Thanks, and the same to you. My best wishes to you, nemo
RebeccaESL
RebeccaESL
Thanks to all for your kind feedback and questions. Will try my best to answer all soon.
May you have a radiant year in 2010.
khalied
thank you so mache
So much, you mean.
You’re very welcome, my friend.
RebeccaESL
Mariam
Thank you kindly Miss. Rebecca,
i learn a lot and i hope that i will learn more from your next lessons.
Your new student from UAE,
Mariam
Welcome to engvid, Mariam.
RebeccaESL
sene
I would like to thank you a lot for all good you do for people.I realy like very well your class and your accent.I wish you God bless you have a long life and year 2010 be for you a best year of prosperity and health.
Warm regards.
Thank you for your kind comments and blessings. My best wishes to you and your family as well, Sene.
RebeccaESL
furqan
thank u i watch your lesson on topic of money and i get a lot of knowledge to this lesson.
I’m glad you were able to learn a lot from the lesson, Furqan. Money is a central topic in our lives, isn’t it?
My best to you.
RebeccaESL
naohaezeltakagoshi
hi thank you ,,
actually i dont know how to say thank you,,maam rebecca.
hehehe
try to use the lessons you taught us.
love you teacher.
Thanks for your warm comments and for implementing what you’ve learned right away. Good for you. All the best.
RebeccaESL
Deepti Kumaresh
Hi Rebecca,
All your tutorials are awesome.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks, Deepti. My best to you in the future.
RebeccaESL
ashabi
hi
im very happy,that because ifind some good teacher like u on the websiteand that ifind myhobby of learnning english on the easiest .okay
Glad I could help out, Ashabi. Best of luck!
RebeccaESL
Nick
Thanks a lot! Now I’ve to deposit these 10 words and withdraw’em when I’ll need!
That’s really cute!
You’re right. You need to deposit them in your memory bank!
My best to you, Nick.
RebeccaESL
Shilva
Hi Rebecca its a very very Kind of you that teaching to peoples that they con’t go collage or … i just wanted to say that im very happy bing a student to you
Aslam
i don’t know to thank you thank’s so much
kadi
Hi Rebecca,
That’ really an interresting way you use to make us undestand your lessons.
I think your simplicity is the key of this smoothly explanation.
Thanks a lot.
abbas
you are good teacher.
thanks you.
abbas
thank you Madam, i enjoyed your lessons and you are a great teacher.
thank you.
Pir mohammmad khan safi
tDear Sir/Medum
i am very thankful to you therefore i find useful vocabulary to you.
please upload or send this type video from that we can get benifet.
very thankful,
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fati7
Tank you for this wonderful site and excellent, thank you so much to everyone working on it. Thank you kindely to you teacher Rebecca your style of teaching is simple and useful. I have benefited greatly
noor ul elmah hasan
dear teacher Rebecca! ur video is very useful . thanx a lot!
noor ul elmah hasan
its not good. its not very good. it is really really very excellent.
Thank you kindly. It means a lot.
My best wishes to you, Noor.
RebeccaESL
magdy
thank you very much
i need your advise to help me to become translator in a company ,now i am reading a lot and translate also but it’s not prevent there are a lot of words which i don’t what it means until what i still use the dictionary , when every day i face a lot of new words (please tell me what can i do?)
From what I understand, one should translate into the language you are most familiar with.
To be a translator is not an easy job. You will need to be patient and kind to yourself and move forward step by step.
All the best to you, Magdy.
RebeccaESL
fer61
very good
sharon987
Thanks you very much for your help. I am very grateful to you that you have made a such a nice useful sites for those who do mistake in grammer. Thanks And also let me know is there any mistake in this paragraph that i am writing you at the moment
Thank you very much for your help. I am very grateful that you have made such a nice useful site for those who make mistake in grammar. Thanks, and also let me know if there are any mistakes in this paragraph that I am writing you at the moment.
I have made the corrections above for you!
All the best, Sharon.
RebeccaESL
Neelam777
Thanks a lot Rebacca. I am very glad that I learned how we can talk about money in 10 different ways.
ayed
Thank you so much. You are brilliant.
It is really a creative method to teaching us this money issues.
tranphuongtrang
It’s easy to remember. When I watch your lesson, I do learn easily. Especially the preposition following with the verbs.
luke
hi i am luke i live in korea. and i am 12years old thank you so much because of you i learned many things thank you
Wow, Luke, it is really wonderful that at your age you are making the effort to improve your English in such a creative way. I am sure you will know English very well with such determination. My very best to you, Luke. Let me know how it goes…I predict you will be an excellent English speaker.
RebeccaESL
maram
hello its so beautiful lesson thank you. you halp my alot. iam from iraq .iam ayoung gril with big drem .one of my drem is to speak english well so i feel so greatfull to you thank you verry much
Keep dreaming big! That is what gives us the energy to live fully. So I will help you by correcting your comments for you, though I do appreciate them as they are:
Hello! It’s such a beautiful lesson. Thank you. You helped me a lot. I am from Iraq. I am a young girl with big dreams. One of my dreams is to speak English well so I feel so grateful to you. Thank you very much.
My best wishes to you, Maram.
RebeccaESL
Mario
Thank Rebeca
Is lesson very good.
Money is money on the other hand, Paper money and nikel money..
RebeccaESL
My thanks to all for your feedback, ideas and suggestions.