Library News / Homework post / Vocabulary from Friday

Hello everyone,

I hope you're enjoying your long weekend. One and a half more glorious days! Just letting you know that there is a small library at our school and I will share further details with you on Monday.

Also, your homework is page 76/77 "Reading" Exercises 1, 2 and 3. and "Writing Skills: giving reasons and describing consequences" exercises 1, 2 and 3. We will go over the answers after our presentations Monday morning and begin our writing assignment.

Last, below are the idioms that we looked at on Friday. I think I listed all of the ones that were on the board. I included some extra expressions as well.

To be splashed out / to splash out
to take a huge chunk out of (something)
To have money swallowed up
To want a slice of the pie
To pour money down the drain
To pour money into something
To have a problem with cash flow
To give one's two cents / to put in one's two cents
to be a penny pincher
to live from hand to mouth
to live from paycheque to paycheque
to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
to have everything handed to you
to be dirt poor
to be filthy rich
to go from rags to riches

loose change
spare change
pocket change
spending money
to settle the bill
to inherit a small fortune
to be desperately poor