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# Ring

## Common expressions

* wear a ring
* show off your ring
* value a ring (at ￡100)
* a ring fits you
* the ring belonged to (your mother)
* a gold / diamond ring
* *an engagement / a wedding* ring

## Exercise

### Common expressions

1. This isn't a valuable ring, but it has great sentimental value. It ***belonged*** to my grandmother.
2. I'm married, but like many British men I don't ***wear*** a wedding ring.
3. She couldn't wait to meet all her friends and ***show*** off her diamond engagement ring.
4. My father's 24-carat gold ring was ***valued*** at £300, but I couldn't bring myself to sell it.
5. My wedding ring doesn't ***fit*** me any longer. I now have to wear it on my little finger.