首都的物价高得不可思议。

8. Several companies gang up to raise prices.

几家公司串通一气抬高物价。

9. Prices have gone through the roof.

物价飞涨。

10. Prices keep rising at a dizzy rate.

物价以令人眩晕的速度不断上涨。

11. The rise in prices nullified the rise in wages.

上涨的物价使增加的工资化为乌有。

12. Electricity has gone up – you put £10 in the electricity meter and it's gone immediately.

电费也涨了，买10英镑的电一下就用完了。