posh adj pɒʃ	a posh restaurant, hotel, car etc is expensive and looks as if it is used or owned by rich people	a posh private school
cost the earth idm kɒst ðə ɜːθ	to cost etc a very large amount of money	Their new car cost the earth; I don't know how they can afford it.
inundate v ˈɪnəndeɪt	to receive so much of something that you cannot easily deal with it all	After the broadcast, we were inundated with requests for more information.
beg v beɡ	to ask for something in an anxious or urgent way, because you want it very much	She begged and pleaded with them until they finally agreed.
run out phr v rʌn aʊt	to use all of something and not have any more left	I’ve got money you can borrow if you run out.
burgle v ˈbɜːɡəl	to go into a building and steal things	We’ve been burgled three times.
reassuring adj ˌriːəˈʃʊərɪŋ	making you feel less worried or frightened	a reassuring smile
come into (money) phr v kʌm ɪntə ˈmʌni	to receive money, land, or property from someone after they have died	After her granddad died, Yolanda came into a lot of money.
handle v ˈhændl	to not become upset in a difficult situation	I can't really handle the stress so I'm going to leave my job.
so-called adj ˌsəʊ ˈkɔːld	used to describe someone or something that has been given a name that you think is wrong	The so-called experts couldn’t tell us what was wrong.
money to burn idm ˈmʌni tə bɜːn	to have more money than you need, so that you spend it on unnecessary things	They paid more than a million euros for a car? They must have money to burn!
scrape by phr v skreɪp baɪ	to have just enough money to live	We can scrape by, thanks to what we grow ourselves.
live beyond one's means idm lɪv bɪˈjɒnd wʌnz miːnz	spend more money than you can afford	If you live beyond your means, you'll get into debt.
put one's money where one's mouth is idm pʊt wʌnz ˈmʌni weə wʌnz maʊθ ɪz	to show by your actions that you really believe what you say	Why don't you put your money where your mouth is and make a donation to charity?
spendthrift n ˈspendˌθrɪft	someone who spends money carelessly, even when they do not have a lot of it	Ben spent all his birthday money in one hour, he's such as spendthrift.
on impulse phr ɒn ˈɪmpʌls	because of a sudden strong desire to do something without thinking about whether it is a sensible thing to do	I never buy anything on impulse because I like to research everything I buy.
shop around phr v ʃɒp əˈraʊnd	to compare the price and quality of different things before you decide which to buy	Take time to shop around for the best deal.
window shopping idm ˈwɪndəʊ ˌʃɒpɪŋ	the activity of looking at goods in shop windows without intending to buy them	Window shopping is great because it doesn't cost you anything.
shopping spree idm ˈʃɒpɪŋ spriː	a short period of time when you do a lot of shopping	I got some money for Christmas so I decided to go on a shopping spree.
hard times n phr hɑːd taɪmz	a situation or time that is hard is one in which you have a lot of problems, especially when you do not have enough money	We're going through hard times at the moment because my husband lost his job.
chip in phr v tʃɪp ɪn	if each person in a group chips in, they each give a small amount of money so that they can buy something together	If everyone in the class chips in, we can get the teacher a really nice present.
donor n ˈdəʊnə	a person, group etc that gives something, especially money, to help an organization or country	We urgently need more assistance from donor countries (=countries that give money, food etc to help in poor countries or disaster areas).
dip into phr v dɪp ˈɪntə	to use some of an amount of money that you have	I didn't want to dip into my savings, but I crashed the car and it needs to be repaired.
raise money v phr reɪz ˈmʌni	to collect money that you can use to do a particular job or help people	We're going to sell cakes to raise money for the school's music room.

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