Sharing economy

A driveway – so you mean a parking space off the road at my house? Not exactly a driveway, but yes I do have a parking space, yes.

do you have a spare room in your house? Absolutely not. We're full to capacity in our house.

Feeling the pinch – you mean feeling poor. Yes, I'm always feeling the pinch. So come on Finn, tell us how we can make some money.

Somebody pinched his arm. Add a pinch of salt to the soup.

to make a few pennies – to make a bit of extra money

Airbnb say they operate in 34,000 cities and have 800,000 listings of rooms and apartments. In fact, we could say they're the market-leader in this industry – the main, most successful company

Airbnb say they operate in 34,000 cities and have 800,000 listings of rooms and apartments. In fact, we could say they're the market-leader in this industry – the main, most successful company

It's a colourful advertisement. Have a look at that big film advertisement over there. I saw an advertisement for a car I like.

Have they been advertising it in the paper or anything? I used to work in a large advertising agency.

It's a British business that lets you rent out your driveway or parking space.

When I had the original idea, I spotted a driveway close to a sports stadium. It would have been so convenient if I could have just parked in that driveway rather than in a commercial car park.

So he set up this site. And around 20,000 people have put their spaces on the site, and he says around half a million drivers use it.

Interestingly, a church near Kings Cross in central London has apparently made over £200,000 by renting out space in its yard to travellers!

That sounds like one for a rainy day. One for a rainy day – an idea to store away until you need it.

I've saved a little money for a rainy day.

Keep some extra allowance for a rainy day. Why do you call it my allowance, and never let me spend it

What about the people who run things like traditional B and Bs, or commercial car parks – or taxi services – things like that? Won't they be out of pocket?

Six months later, she had a new house and a thriving business. He left a thriving business to his wife and son. There is already a thriving design and new media industry in the city.

The bird folded its wings.

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