Money & finance

read the fine print

check the detailed rules

To read the small or less noticeable details of an agreement before accepting it.

B1 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Should I accept this phone contract?

Read the fine print first.

Play the conversation

I nearly paid an extra fee because I had not read the fine print.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: read the small prints

Say: read the fine print

“Fine print” is normally uncountable in this meaning; do not add a plural ending.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

read the fine print; make sure you read the fine print

Your turn: say it out loud

I nearly paid an extra fee because I had not read the fine print.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

read the fine print

check the detailed rules

“I nearly paid an extra fee because I had not read the fine print.”

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