Advanced English Conversations - Robert Allans, Ahmet Mustafaoglu, Metin Emir 2019

Set (3) - Live within your means

Dialogue

Eric: It’s such a shame we are so broke. Everyone is splurging out there;

I feel like two cents.

Carl: Tomorrow is our pay day and we’re going to be loaded. Aren’t we?

Eric: What we earn is just a drop in the ocean compared to Steven.

Carl: That guy is born with a golden spoon in his mouth. It’s time you came down to earth and learned how to live within your means.

Vocabulary

Broke: (adj) having little or no money.

Splurge: (v) spend (money) freely or extravagantly.

Feel like two cents: to have a feeling of complete worthlessness or unimportance.

Loaded: (adj) having a lot of money; wealthy.

A drop in the ocean: a very small amount.

Born with a golden spoon in one’s mouth: Born into a wealthy family.

Come down to earth: to become realistic.

Live within one’s means: to spend less or only as much money as one is earning.

Exercise;

Fill in the gaps with appropriate expressions:

live within one’s means

splurge

loaded

a drop in the ocean

feel like two cents

come down to earth

broke

born with a golden spoon in one’s mouth

a. I'm glad to have finally broken up with Steven, he always made me ..........

b. Billionaires swarmed into Nice to .......... millions during the summer holidays.

c. Most of the students at the exclusive private college were ..........

d. Her new boyfriend's absolutely ..........

e. We're just .......... compared to the big investors

f. He began to save money when he finally learned to ..........

g. I was excited to book a vacation, but I .......... when I checked my nearly - depleted bank account.

h. He went .......... owing two million pounds