Cost

1. Who’s going to pay the cost of their con­stant trips to Lon­don?
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2. The cost of the trip, the cost of ho­tel ac­com­mo­da­tion (BrE) / ac­com­mo­da­tions (AmE), the cost of this equip­ment, the cost of liv­ing, the cost of go­ing to col­lege, the cost of mak­ing (manu­fac­tur­ing, pro­duc­ing) this car, the cost of do­ing busi­ness, the cost of in­stall­ing new equip­ment in our of­fice / at our of­fice, the cost of go­ing to Mars and other plan­ets, etc.
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3. Due to higher taxes, the cost of liv­ing has in­creased.
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4. The cost of making this car is too high. Can we de­vel­op an­oth­er model?
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5. The high cost of elec­tric­ity and fuel can cause a lot of prob­lems to both in­di­vid­uals and busi­ness­es.
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6. BrE: We’re going to build a new house at a cost of three mil­lion rou­bles. • AmE: We’re going to build a new house at a cost of three mil­lion ru­bles.
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7. Сократить: Instead of raising the prices, we should re­duce our costs. • Снизить: Instead of raising the prices, we should lower our costs. • Урезать: Instead of raising the prices, we should cut our costs.
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8. We need this money to cover our run­ning costs. • We need this money to cover our op­er­at­ing costs.
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9. I’m not going to sell these goods at cost. I want to earn some mon­ey.
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10. He saved his friends at the cost of his own life.
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11. What’s the environ­men­tal cost of pro­duc­ing and using so much plas­tic? It’s huge! Why not just use glass bot­tles, wrap­ping pa­per and cloth shop­ping bags?
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12. We must prevent the dis­as­ter at any cost. • We must prevent the dis­as­ter at all costs.
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13. We must prevent the dis­as­ter, what­ever the cost.
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14. It costs a lot || It cost a lot || It’ll cost a lot.
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15. It doesn’t cost much || It didn’t cost much || It won’t cost much.
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16. How much did it cost? • How much was it?
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17. It’ll cost you 5 dol­lars.
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18. You can buy a cool TV, but it’ll cost you.
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19. That quarrel cost me many sleep­less nights.
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Проверьте правильность про­из­но­ше­ния сле­ду­ю­щих слов [BrE || AmE]:

• accommodation – [əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃn || əˌkɑːməˈdeɪʃn]
• equipment – [ɪˈkwɪpmənt]
• (a) college – [ˈkɒlɪdʒ || ˈkɑːlɪdʒ]
• to manufacture – [ˌmænjuˈfæktʃə(r) || ˌmænjuˈfæktʃər]
• to produce – [prəˈdjuːs || prəˈduːs]
• (a) business – [ˈbɪznəs]
• to install – [ɪnˈstɔːl]
• Mars – [mɑːz || mɑːrz]
• a planet – [ˈplænɪt]
• due – [djuː || duː]
• to cover – [ˈkʌvə(r) || ˈkʌvər]
• operating – [ˈɒpəreɪtɪŋ || ˈɑːpəreɪtɪŋ]
• environmental – [ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmentl]
• plastic – [ˈplæstɪk]
• huge – [hjuːdʒ]
• wrapping paper – [ˈræpɪŋ peɪpə(r) || ˈræpɪŋ peɪpər] (ло­ги­че­ское уда­ре­ние!)
• a disaster – [dɪˈzɑːstə(r) || dɪˈzæstər]
• a rouble (BrE) / ruble (AmE) – [ˈruːbl]