Ex. 1. Match the words from A with their synonyms from B.
| A
| B
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| 1) illegal
| a) to postpone
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| 2) restriction
| b) limitation
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| 3) crucial
| c) against law
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| 4) to consume
| d) rare
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| 5) to benefit
| e) to profit
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| 6) wasteful
| f) barter
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| 7) exchange
| g) to use up
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| 8) to defer
| h) vital
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| 9) scarce
| i) costly
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Ex. 2. The text contains a number of common verb-noun partnerships (e.g. to store money, to make purchases...). Match up the verbs and nouns below to make common collocations.
| A
| B
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| 1) consume
| a) prices
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| 2) exchange
| b) interest
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| 3) quote
| c) money
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| 4) keep
| d) goods and services
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| 5) bear
| e) payment
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| 6) deferred
| f) accounts
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| 7) serve
| g) as a store of value
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Ex. 3. Match the Russian word-combinations with their English equivalents.
| A
| B
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| 1) счётная единица
| a) to be eroded by inflation
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| 2) обоюдное совпадение потребностей
| b) a unit of account
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| 3) средство сбережения
| c) a medium of exchange
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| 4) средство обращения
| d) a store of value
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| 5) единица отсроченного платежа
| e) to swap for other goods
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| 6) обменивать на другие товары
| f) a standard of deferred payment
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| 7) уменьшаться в результате инфляции
| g) a double coincidence of wants
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| 8) взаимовыгодный обмен
| h) legal tender
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| 9) законное средство платежа
| i) a mutually satisfactory swap
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