IELTS Vocabulary: from the 'money' topic

Here are some good phrases from the answers in Friday's speaking lesson:

• in the long term
• save for retirement
• have a certain amount of money saved
• deal with unexpected problems
• in the less distant future
• put some money aside (= save some money)
• to come in useful
• be in the red / go into the red (be / become overdrawn)
• there's no need for
• I remember being given money
• I don't see any reason why
• or vice versa
• summon the willpower

Note:
The phrase 'in the red' means overdrawn (i.e. your bank account is showing negative numbers). Do you know what the opposite of 'in the red' is? Click here to find out.

Comments

[Arash]

I would like to thank you for introducing this link (www.phrases.org.uk). I find it so useful and practical.

[Dil]

Can we use this phrases in writing part also

[cara]

@Dil

The graphs below show that all the phrases are used in book publishing and are thus okay to use in IELTS writing. "In the long term", and "or vice versa" are more frequent, but all will sound natural in the right context.

For writing: don't -> do not
there's -> there is

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=summon+the+willpower%2Cor+vice+versa%2Cnot+see+the+reason+why%2Cthere+is+no+need+for%2Cbe+in+the+red%2Ccome+in+useful%2Cput+some+money+aside&year_start=1960&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Csummon%20the%20willpower%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cor%20vice%20versa%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cnot%20see%20the%20reason%20why%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cthere%20is%20no%20need%20for%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cbe%20in%20the%20red%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccome%20in%20useful%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cput%20some%20money%20aside%3B%2Cc0

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=in+the+less+distant+future%2Cdeal+with+unexpected+problems%2C+certain+amount+of+money+saved%2Csave+for+retirement%2Cin+the+long+term&year_start=1960&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cin%20the%20less%20distant%20future%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cdeal%20with%20unexpected%20problems%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Csave%20for%20retirement%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cin%20the%20long%20term%3B%2Cc0

[cara]

"in the long run" is a more idiomatic phrase with the same meaning as "in the long term", and it is twice as common.

'a certain amount of money saved' : 6 results here
https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22a+certain+amount+of+money+saved%22&num=10

[oleg]

The most infamous use of "in the long run" was by John Maynard Keynes to justify short-term government intervention (and perhaps a whole generation of short-term thinking). Of course he overlooked the fact that our children have to live with the consequences of our actions, and the results have been and will be pretty dire in terms of environmental pollution.

[oleg]

"In the long run we are all dead" : John Maynard Keynes

[Dil]

Dear Cara, Thanks for your kind explanation

[Dilpreet kaur]

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