24 Questions
What is the term for the amount of money added to a bill in a restaurant as an extra charge for the service of the waiters?
Service charge
What does it mean to 'charge' someone for a particular service?
To ask someone for a particular amount of money
What is the term for the amount of money you have to pay for goods or services?
Charge
What does it mean to 'charge' something to someone's account?
To add something to someone's bill
What is the term for paying for something using a credit card?
Charging on Visa
What is the term for the fee charged by a gallery for admission?
Admission charge
What does it mean to 'charge' rent?
To ask someone to pay rent
What is the term for the amount of money that is added to a bill for delivery?
Delivery fee
What does it mean to 'pass on' something to someone?
To make someone else pay the cost of something
What is the meaning of 'pass' in the context of a game?
To kick, throw, or hit a ball to a member of your own team
What is a 'pass' in the context of an examination?
A successful result
What does it mean to 'pass up' an opportunity?
To not make use of a chance to do something
What is the meaning of 'pass' in the context of financial transactions?
To make someone else pay the cost of something
What is a 'pass' in the context of travel?
An official piece of paper which shows that you are allowed to enter a building or travel without paying
What does it mean to 'pass' something to someone?
To give something to someone so that they have it instead of you
What is the meaning of 'pass' in the context of a mountain?
A type of road or path that goes between mountains
What does the word 'confidential' mean in the context of a doctor's patient records?
Intended to be kept secret
What is the meaning of 'depart' in the sentence 'The President departed from his text only once'?
To do something differently
What is a 'departure board'?
A board showing departure times
What does 'radical departure' mean?
A big change
What is the meaning of 'pass' in the sentence 'I pass the sports centre on the way to work'?
To go past or through a particular place
What does 'pass around' mean?
To hand out or distribute something to a group of people
What does 'pass' mean in the sentence 'The feeling of sickness soon passed'?
To end or stop
What is the meaning of 'pass' in the sentence 'Hardly a day passes without more bad news'?
To go by or end
Study Notes
Charge
- A call to board a ship, bus, or train before it leaves
- The amount of money paid for goods or services
- A position of control or responsibility for a group or activity
- An official statement saying someone may be guilty of a crime
- Electricity put into a device such as a battery
- Strong feelings or emotions
Charge (verb)
- To ask for a specific amount of money for something
- To state officially that someone may be guilty of a crime
- To pay for something using a credit card
Confidential
- Intended to be kept secret
- Showing that you do not want others to know what you are saying
- Confidentially: saying something in a quiet, secretive way
Depart
- To leave a place, especially at the start of a journey
- To start using new ideas or do something differently
Departure
- The act of leaving a place, especially at the start of a journey
- A way of doing something differently from the usual way
Pass
- To go past or through a particular place, person, or object
- To give something to someone else
- To succeed in an examination or test
- To officially accept a law or proposal by voting
- To kick, throw, or hit a ball to a team member during a game
- To not answer a question because you don't know the answer
- To deliberately not say anything when someone says or does something you dislike
- To not make use of a chance or opportunity
- To die (used to avoid saying the word 'die')
- To give something to someone else so they have it instead of you
- To become unconscious
Pass (noun)
- An official piece of paper showing permission to enter a building or travel without paying
- A successful result in an examination
- When you kick, throw, or hit a ball to another team member during a game
- A high road or path that goes between mountains to the other side
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