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.