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ESLPodcast506–BeingGenerousandStingy

GLOSSARY

tohit(someone)up–toasksomeoneformoney;toasksomeonetogiveyou

somethingforfree

*Billyhitupalltheneighbors,askingthemtodonatemoneyforhisbaseball

team.

tospot(someone)–tomakealoantosomeone;togivemoneytosomeonefor

ashortperiodoftime,expectingthattopayoneback

*Canyouspotme$20?I’llpayyoubacknextweek.

pipedream–somethingthatonewouldliketohavehappen,butisimpossibleor

extremelyunlikely

*Hewantstobeamillionairebythetimehe’s30,butit’sjustapipedream.

cheapskate–apenny-pincher;awhospendsaslittlemoneyas

possible,preferringtosaveeverything;awhowon’tgivemoneyawayto

helpotherpeople

*Mariahissuchacheapskate!Shewon’tbuynewclothesforherchildreneven

whentheirclotheshaveholesinthem!

generosity–one’swillingnesstogivemoney,time,andotherthingstohelp

otherpeople

*Thechildrenshowedalotofgenerositywhentheycollectedmoneytohelppay

fortheirclassmate’smedicalbills.

toberollinginit–tohavealotofmoney;tobeveryrich

*They’vebeenrollinginiteversincetheywonthelottery.

topartwith–togivesomethingawayorsellsomething;tobeseparatedfrom

somethingthatoneowns,especiallywhenonewouldratherkeepit

*I’dhavetobeprettydesperateformoneybeforeI’dconsiderpartingwithmy

guitar.

withoutgivingitasecondthought–withoutworryingaboutsomething;

withoutspendingtimethinkingaboutsomething

*Philwritesthousand-dollarcheckswithoutgivingitasecondthought.

tohave[got](one’s)workcutoutforyou–withalotofworktodo;havinga

lotofthingsthatoneneedstodo,withadifficultprojectortask

*You’vegotyourworkcutoutforyou,trying