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Money & Shopping — C1 English Lesson

📅 2026-10-05📊 C1 Advanced📚 10 new words🎧 daily podcast

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splurge /SPLURJ/

verb

to spend a lot of money at once, usually on something enjoyable

"After months of scrimping, she decided to splurge on a designer handbag."

scrimp /SKRIMP/

verb

to spend as little money as possible, saving by cutting costs tightly

"They had to scrimp for a year to afford the down payment on the house."

profligate /PROF-li-gut/

adjective

spending money recklessly and wastefully

"His profligate spending left the company insolvent within two years."

parsimonious /par-si-MOH-nee-uss/

adjective

extremely unwilling to spend money

"The parsimonious millionaire still darned his own socks."

opulent /OP-yoo-lent/

adjective

displaying great wealth; luxurious and expensive-looking

"The opulent hotel lobby was decorated with marble and gold."

peddle /PED-ul/

verb

to sell goods persistently, often going from place to place

"He used to peddle cheap watches on the street before opening his own shop."

monetize /MON-uh-tyze/

verb

to turn something into a source of income

"She monetized her cooking blog through ads and sponsorships."

upsell /UP-sel/

verb

to persuade a customer to buy something more expensive or additional

"The salesman tried to upsell us to the premium package."

pecuniary /pi-KYOO-nee-uh-ree/

adjective

relating to money

"The scandal had serious pecuniary consequences for the bank."

insolvent /in-SOL-vent/

adjective

unable to pay one's debts

"After the lawsuit, the once-thriving retailer became insolvent."

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📝Grammar: 6A: The Passive (all tenses)

We form the passive with **be + past participle**: *was closed*, *are counted*, *has been damaged*. The tense always lives in the verb **be**. Use the passive when the doer is unknown, obvious, or simply unimportant. The object of the active verb becomes the new subject: *A fortune was splurged on the launch* (we don't care who spent it). Add **by + agent** only when the doer is important or surprising: *The recipe was monetized by a clever baker.* Without **by**, the focus stays on the action itself. Negatives and questions follow the normal rules for **be**: *The tickets haven't been coll

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