00 ielts speaking Part Topics in 2016, 2017 & Band 0+ Sample Answers

discontent
. However if I have to 
pick out
one item 
that really 
let me down
, I would name the birthday cake that I bought for my sister 
2 years ago. Now 
with reference to
why I were not 
content
with is, I suppose 
there was a combination of reasons here. One of them was its 
exorbitant
price. 
On my sister’s birthday, I had an emergency at work and it took me almost all day 
till 11 pm to resolve it. Although it 
cost me an arm and a leg
to buy the cake, I still 
decided to take it since it was the only bakery shop stayed open that late. 
Everything would be fine if it tasted good but unfortunately the cake was of terrible 
quality. It tasted way too sweet and was not
 appetizing
at all. Thus, I was kind of 
regretful, choosing to purchase the cake instead of any other present for my sister. 
Actually as I had to 
splash out on
the cake and received almost nothing back, I 
tended be more careful to make really 
sensible
buying decision from that on. 
Vocabulary

Transaction (n): an instance of buying or selling something 
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Discontent (n): dissatisfaction, lack of contentment 
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Pick out (phrasal verb): to choose 
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Let someone down (expression): fail to support or help someone as they 
expected 
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With reference to (expression): about 

Content (a): in a taste of peaceful happiness 

Exorbitant (a): (price) unreasonably high 
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Cost an arm and a leg (idiom): be extremely expensive 
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Appetizing (a): delicious 
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Splash out (phrasal verb): to spend a lot of money on something 
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Sensible (a): in accordance with wisdom and prudence 

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