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Perfect Stranger Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Vocab question no. 45 - fee? wage?

Howdy,

I'm looking for a suitable word to fill in the gap in the following conversation.

A: We'd like to offer you some classes with our children.
B: Sounds good to me, I'm available on Saturdays and Sundays.
A: That's great. Let's talk about the money now. What's your expectation?
B: Let me hear your offer first.
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a) How much do you charge per hour?
b) What's your hourly fee?
c) What's you wage?
d) What's your charge?

What's the word we use in English? It's definitely not tuition fee... Wage also doesn't seem to be suitable. What's your charge doesn't sound natural either...

Thanks
  

Top answer

These seem the right choices to me: a) How much do you charge per hour? b) What's your hourly fee? The conversation as a whole is a bit odd, as the earlier question 'What's your expectation/" (which is not particularly native) is the same question as a and b.

— Mister Micawber

  • These seem the right choices to me: a) How much do you charge per hour?
  • b) What's your hourly fee?
  • The conversation as a whole is a bit odd, as the earlier question 'What's your expectation/" (which is not particularly native) is the same question as a and b.
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These seem the right choices to me:

a) How much do you charge per hour?
b) What's your hourly fee?

The conversation as a whole is a bit odd, as the earlier question 'What's your expectation/" (which is not particularly native) is the same question as a and b.
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Mister MicawberThe conversation as a whole is a bit odd, as the earlier question 'What's your expectation/" (which is not particularly native) is the same question as a and b.
Thank you MM.

Hmm... I was wondering if you could help me find a more "native-like" choice of words/expressions for that conversation.
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You just need to eliminate one turn:

A: We'd like to offer you some classes with our children.
B: Sounds good to me. I'm available on Saturdays and Sundays.
A: That's great. Let's talk about money. How much do you charge per hour?
B: I usually get 60 yuan an hour.
A: Hmm. Well, we can offer you that, but
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