Advanced English Conversations - Robert Allans, Ahmet Mustafaoglu, Metin Emir 2019

Set (35) - The pay is well worth it

Dialogue

Jenny: I hear you’re moving to Sydney.

Rob: Yeah! I’ve got a job offer there. And the pay is well worth it.

Jenny: Can you give me a ballpark figure of the salaries there? I heard they pay big bucks.

Rob: Well; don’t get carried away. It’s 3000 bucks give or take.

Jenny: Don’t forget to drop me a line when you get there.

Rob: I’ll keep you posted.

Jenny: Well; I look forward to hearing from you soon. Good luck!

Vocabulary

Well worth: worth the work involved to attain it.

A ballpark figure: An acceptable, roughly accurate approximation.

Big bucks: large sums of money.

Get carried away: to become overly excited and to take things too far.

Give or take: approximately.

Drop someone a line: to send someone a note or letter in a casual manner.

Keep someone posted: keep someone informed of the latest developments or news.

Exercise;

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate expressions;

well worth

ballpark figure

big bucks

get carried away

give or take

drop someone a line

keep someone posted

a. You should not.......... by success or get disappointed by failure.

b. The art of Early American furniture painters is.......... studying.

c. Right now, her condition is stable. We promise to.......... as......... she improves.

d. I'll.......... you.......... once I get settled in at school.

e. Sports stars earn.......... for pushing everything from shoes to soft drinks.

f. We'll have to go away and cost this carefully, but as.......... I'd say that it'll be about two million dollars.

g. .......... a few years, they are contemporaries.