Empower p 34. Advice on Money Matters. Extra Listening

KEY
1. Student Loans Company



2. term



3. budget planner



4. overdraft



5. two evenings



6 (course) tutor



7 (faculty) noticeboard(s)



8 (student) travel

Vocabulary
 
Get down to: to begin to do something; to give serious attention to something. Let's get down to business.I like to get down to work by 9. It's time I got down to thinking about that essay.

Maintenance: money given by sb to sb to pay for food. Sp. Pensión alimenticia.

Outgoings: money you spend. Sp. Gastos

Overdraft: /ˈəʊvədrɑːft/ the amount of money that you owe to a bank when you have spent more money than is in your bank account; an arrangement that allows you to do this. Sp. Descubierto. E.g. to pay off an overdraft. I had to arrange an overdraft to pay for the car. The savings account has no overdraft facility. To run up (accumulate) an overdraft.

Overdrawn: having taken more money out of your bank account than you have in it. Sp. En números rojos. E.g. I'm overdrawn by £100. Do you have to pay charges if you go overdrawn?

Strike a balance: to manage to find a way of being fair to two opposing things; to find an acceptable position which is between two things. Sp. Lograr un equilibrio. E.g. It's a question of striking the right balance between quality and productivity.

Pay sth off: to finish paying money owed for something. We paid off our mortgage after fifteen years.

Be down to: Be because of. Sp. Se debe a, se atribuye a. E.g. It is all down to healthy living.

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