ESL Vocabulary: Fire

1. Rapid - adjective - happening in a short time or at a great rate 

2. Combustion - noun - the process of burning something 

3. Grasp - verb - seize and hold firmly 

4. Ignite - verb - arouse or inflame 

5. Incentive - noun - a thing that encourages or motivates someone to do something 

6. skyrocket - verb - increase very steeply or rapidly 

Phrasal Verbs with Up

1. Take up 

2. Give up 

3. Make up 

4. Look up 

5. Show up 

6.  Set up 

7. Keep up 

8. blow up 

9. get up 

10. end up 

A. eventually do / decide 

B. continue at the same rate 

C.  find, search for 

D. arrive 

E. start 

F. quit 

G. get out of bed 

H. invent, lie about something 

I. arrange 

J. explode 

ESL Conversation Questions: Fire

1. When you think of fire what comes to your mind? 

2. Why do people like looking at fire? 

3. What does it mean to play with fire? 

4. What does fire represent symbolically? 

5. " Don't let an old flame burn you twice." What does this quote mean? 

6. What lights your fire?  

ESL Expressions: Money

1. Bang for your buck 

2. Beyond your means 

3. Cash Cow 

4. Cut your losses 

5. Feel the pinch 

6. Highway robbery 

A. To charge a high price for something beyond what it’s worth. An excessive profit or advantage from a financial transaction.

B.  More than you can afford. To live beyond your means is to live outside of your wealth bracket.

C. A descriptor of a business or product that generates a continuous flow of income.

D.  Experiencing financial hardship

E. To get the value for your money.

F. Abandoning a plan or a project that is obviously going to be unsuccessful before more money is lost or the circumstances become worse.

ESL Vocabulary: Salary

1.  Salary - noun - a fixed regular payment 

2. Expenses - noun - the cost incurred in or required for something 

3. Gross per month - phrase - everything you earn in a month before taxes 

4. Hence - adverb - as a consequence; for this reason 

5. Remuneration - noun - money paid for work or service 

6. Income - noun - money received on a regular basis 

ESL Conversation Questions: Salary

1. What is passive income? 

2. Do you think people work hard to find a way to make passive income in your country? 

3. Which do you prefer passive income or active income? 

4. What do you think is the average salary in your country? 

5. "Your salary is the bribe they give you to forget your dream." Do you agree with this quote? 

6. What makes people rich: their salary or their spending habits? 

ESL Conversation Questions: Blood Diamonds

1. What are blood diamonds? 

2. Why do people buy blood diamonds ? 

3. What do diamonds represent symbolically? 

4. Would you use diamonds to decorate your home? 

5. " And when you become a diamond you'll understand why life had to put pressure on you." - What do you think this quote means? 

6. If you found you had a blood diamond, what would yo do with it?