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16.03.2021 07:17

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Read this letter and fill in the gaps with the words and phrases from the box.

■ allowance ■ cash till ■ knock-on effect
■ lend ■ make ends meet ■ obliged
■ plus ■ purse ■ relocated ■ transport

Dear Gill.

How are you getting on at university? As you know, rather than studying, 1 decided to get a job but you will be surprised to hear my news. I didn't take the job I was offered in the (1)......................department because I was also offered another job in a bank: You may well be wondering why and the answer is simple - money! It would have been hard to (21......................on the salary the first job paid. As a single person my personal (3)......................isn't very much so I have to pay a lot of tax. Being paid well is always a (4)......................in any job! Added to that. I'm not (5)......................to work in the city centre which is something I'd prefer to avoid and neither do I run the risk of being (6).......................I'd hate to have to move.

Anyway, the position I have is working at a (7).......................As you can imagine. I see a lot of things in a day - it's never boring. Take yesterday. Well, an old lady came to my counter, opened her bag and took out her (8)................... Then she began to count a huge pile of coins and notes in front of me. This went on for a while, then the man behind her started to complain. Of course that had a(n) (9)......................and soon the whole bank was going crazy, all the customers arguing. Throughout all of this the old woman continued her counting! Well, she deposited her life savings and the customers calmed down. 1 must say. perhaps there's a bit too much excitement sometimes. I may move to the loans department in the future. It might be easier to (10)......................people money!
Anyway, let me know how you're getting on.
Love.
Helen xxx