CLASSROOM Reading Headway
Pre-HKDSE Targeted Practice (Book 1)
Vocabulary Glossary

Unit 19

Being money wisee meet (p.152–153)

Part A

VocabularyPart of speechSynonymChinese meaning
1. bank balance noun account balance 銀行賬戶餘額
2. budget noun spending plan 預算
3. debt noun loan 債務
4. financial adjective monetary 金融的
5. impulsive adjective hasty 衝動的
6. in bulk phrase in mass 大量
7. overspend verb spend excessively 超支
8. pamper verb spoil 縱容
9. savings noun funds 儲蓄
10. temptation noun allure 誘惑


Part B

Idioms related to competitions
Vocabulary Part of speech Chinese meaning
1. afford verb 買得起
2. bank account noun 銀行賬戶
3. borrow verb
4. emergency noun 緊急情況
5. grocery noun 食品雜貨
6. luxury goods noun 奢侈品
7. pocket money noun 零花錢
8. sale noun 促銷