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From the Ted Talk by Elizabeth White: An honest look at the personal finance crisis

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These days I'm buying the $1.99 trial-size jug of Tide to make ends meet. I bet you didn't know laundry degrenett came in that size. You invite me to the same expensive restaurants the two of us have always enjoyed, but I order mineral water now with a twist of lemon, not the 12-dollar glass of coahnrandy. I am fargul in my menu choices. Meticulous, I count every penny in my head. I dmuer ddviinig the table bill evenly to cover dtersses and designer coffees and second and third glasses of wine I did not consume.

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These days I'm buying the $1.99 trial-size jug of Tide to make ends meet. I bet you didn't know laundry _________ came in that size. You invite me to the same expensive restaurants the two of us have always enjoyed, but I order mineral water now with a twist of lemon, not the 12-dollar glass of __________. I am ______ in my menu choices. Meticulous, I count every penny in my head. I _____ ________ the table bill evenly to cover ________ and designer coffees and second and third glasses of wine I did not consume.

Solution

  1. frugal
  2. demur
  3. dividing
  4. desserts
  5. chardonnay
  6. detergent

Original Text

These days I'm buying the $1.99 trial-size jug of Tide to make ends meet. I bet you didn't know laundry detergent came in that size. You invite me to the same expensive restaurants the two of us have always enjoyed, but I order mineral water now with a twist of lemon, not the 12-dollar glass of chardonnay. I am frugal in my menu choices. Meticulous, I count every penny in my head. I demur dividing the table bill evenly to cover desserts and designer coffees and second and third glasses of wine I did not consume.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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  4. chardonnay
  5. choices
  6. coffees
  7. consume
  8. count
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  10. days
  11. demur
  12. designer
  13. desserts
  14. detergent
  15. dividing
  16. ends
  17. enjoyed
  18. evenly
  19. expensive
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  23. head
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  26. laundry
  27. lemon
  28. meet
  29. menu
  30. meticulous
  31. mineral
  32. order
  33. penny
  34. restaurants
  35. size
  36. table
  37. tide
  38. twist
  39. water
  40. wine