花费

spend spent spent 花费时间/金钱
人 spend(s)/spent 时间 (in) doing 事情
人 spend(s)/spent 金钱 on 物品

I spend 10 minutes waiting for the bus.

he spent $100 on the new bag.

take took taken 花费时间
It takes/took 人 时间 to do sth
doing 事情 takes/took 人 时间

it took Tom 2 hours to finish his homework.

finishing homework took 2 hours.

cost cost cost 花费时间/金钱/成本
物 costs 人 金钱
It costs 人 金钱 to do

the new bag cost me $100.

it cost me $100 to buy the new bag.

pay paid paid 支付金钱
人 paid/pay(s) 金钱 for 物品

I paid a lot of money for that new bike.

both 两者都，与复数连用
the+单数可数名词 表示特指

there are many trees on the both sides of the road.

路两旁有很多树。

either 与单数连用
肯定句：两者中任何一个
否定句：也不
either...or 要么...要么，不是...就是...

I don't eat meat and my friend doesn't either.

我不吃肉，我朋友也不吃。

neither 两者都不，与单数连用
neither...nor 既不...也不...

neither my mother nor my father went to university.

我父母都没有上过大学。