Money
Expressions about money...
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Do you have change for a dollar?
Michaela wants to take the bus, but she finds herself short of small change, so she asks her friend Brian if he has some.
Michaela: Do you have change for a dollar?
Brian: Yes, you're in luck. I do have some. What do you need it for?
Michaela: I need some change for the bus.
Brian: How do you want it?
Michaela: I need a couple of quarters and five dimes.
美國常用硬幣有 quarter (25分硬幣), dime (一角硬幣), nickle (五分鎳幣), and penny (一分硬幣).
a couple of 一雙, 兩個的意思。a couple of quarters and five dimes 一元換兩個25分硬幣和 5 個一角硬幣。
Can you break a twenty-dollar bill?
Jackie has a 20-dollar bill and wants to break it so that she may have some smaller bills and change for the laundry.
Cashier: How can I help you, Miss?
Jackie: Could you break a 20 for me?
Cashier: Sure. How do you want it?
Jackie: Could I have two 5's and the rest in ones?
Cashier: Well, I have some 5's, but I don't have enough 1's. Are quarters fine with you?
Jackie: Oh, that's even better! In that case, I won't have to worry about the small change for the laundry.
Cashier: Here you go!
Jackie: Thanks a million!
I have some coins I need to change.
Syd doesn't have any change for the parking meter, so she goes to a store nearby. However, the cashier refuses to give her change....
Syd: Excuse me?
Cashier: Yes, can I help you?
Syd: Yes. I need to get some change for the parking meter. May I have change for a five dollar bill? I just need five dollars in quarters.
Cashier: I'm sorry, but we're not allowed to give change.
Syd: Oh. That's too bad! Is there a change machine somewhere around here?
Cashier: There is one in the shopping mall across the street.
Syd: Well, that's too far. I may have a ticket when I come back. What the heck....I'll buy a candy bar.
I thought you were well-off.
Jerry is broke. He wants to borrow some money from his friend Cathy, only to find out that Cathy is broke, too.
Jerry: Can you loan me some money?
Cathy: I'm sorry. I've already gone through my paycheck for the week.
Jerry: You've gone through all your money so quickly? I thought you were well-off.
Cathy: Not me! You know money always burns a hole in my pocket.