2. Translate the following words and expressions:

grave, gravely; to convert, convert something to/into something; commodity; real estate; to inflate; revenue; duty, duty on; to depreciate; value, face value; remedy; speculator; suspicious, suspicious of; to veto; to expire, expire in/on/at; to fail, fail in, fail to do something; to spring up; to redeem

3. Match the words in Column a with their definitions in Column b.

A	B
grave	money that a business or organization receives over a period of time, especially from selling goods or services
to convert	the amount of money that something is worth
commodity	to decrease in value or price
real estate	to increase in price or make something increase in price
to inflate	a tax you pay on something you buy
revenue	if this happens with an official document, it can no longer be legally used
duty	to not succeed in achieving something
to depreciate	to suddenly appear or start to exist
face value	looking or sounding quiet and serious, especially because something important or worrying has happened
value	to exchange a piece of paper representing an amount of money for that amount of money or for goods equal in cost to that amount of money
remedy	to deal with a problem or improve a bad situation
speculator	to change something into a different form of thing, or to change something so that it can be used for a different purpose or in a different way
to veto	a product that is bought and sold
to expire	the value or cost shown on the front of something such as a stamp or coin
to fail	property in the form of land or houses
to spring up	if someone in authority does this, they refuse to allow it to happen, especially something that other people or organizations have agreed
to redeem	someone who buys goods, property, shares in a company etc, hoping that they will make a large profit when they sell them

4. Match the words in Column a with the words in Column b to make up possible combinations.

A	B
a New York property	expire this summer
to earn a substantial	duty
contracts	commodities
a fall in the value of	prices
agricultural	a proposal
to convert	revenue
customs	deposits into cash
to veto	speculator
to inflate	real estate