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14 price. Sometimes it is not 5p OFF but lp OFF. What a shame to advertise lp OFF your soap or washing powder or dog food or whatever. Even the poorest old-age pensioner ought to regard this as an insult, but he doesnt. A bargain must not be 15 To be offered a gift of one penny is like being invited to dinner and offered one single pea , and nothing else. Even if it represented a 16 reduction it would be an insult. Still, people say, one has to have washing powder and one might as well buy it a penny cheaper. When I was a boy in Hungary a man was 17 of murdering someone for the sake of one pengo, the equivalent of a shilling, and pleaded 18 The judge shouted 19 : To kill a man for a shilling! What can you say in your 20 ? The murderer replied: A shilling here. . . a shilling there. . .And thats what todays shopper says, too: A penny here... a penny there. . . A. missed B. defense C. real D. cost E. anxiously F. attraction G. fair H. expense I. fall J. angrily K. dismissed L. accused M. guilty N. faulty O. security II. D 12. F 13. I 14. G 15. A 16. C 17. L 18. M 19. J | 
