VOCABULARY BUILDING (Mr Phuoc)
1. RICH
wealthy
prosperous
affluent
well off
comfortable
These words all describe somebody/something that has a lot of money, property or valuable possessions.
rich (of a person) having a lot of money, property or valuable possessions; (of a country or city) producing a lot of wealth so that many of its people can live at a high standard
EX:
He's a very wealthy man.
With their natural resources they are potentially a very wealthy country.
prosperous (rather formal) rich and successful
affluent Western countries
affluent nations/neighborhoods
well off (often used in negative sentences) rich:
His family is not very well off.
comfortable having enough money to buy what you want without worrying about the cost:
They’re not millionaires, but they’re certainly very comfortable.
In a prosperous country like this, no one should go hungry.
Patterns
a(n) rich/wealthy/prosperous/affluent/well-off family
a rich/wealthy/prosperous/well-off man/woman
a(n) rich/wealthy/prosperous/affluent country/city
2. Next / Nearest
* (The) next means ‘after this/that one’ in time or in a series of events, places or people:
When is your next appointment?
Turn left at the next traffic lights.
Who’s next?
* (The) nearest means ‘closest’ in space:
Where’s the nearest supermarket?
Notice the difference between the prepositions nearest to and next to:
Janet’s sitting nearest to the window (= of all the people in the room).
Sarah’s sitting next to the window (= right beside it).
In informal British English nearest can be used instead of nearest to:
Who’s sitting nearest the door?