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Vocabulary: rich or poor

I) MONEY... LOTS OF MONEY...

                        Wealth may (or may not...) bring...                                               a life of luxury...

If you have a lot of money, you may be ...

- a millionaire= one whose wealth amounts to a million or more in currency.

- a multimillionaire (GB) = a billionaire (US) = a person with money, property, or other things of value worth a billion or more dollars, francs, pounds, etc.

II) or ... LACK OF MONEY...  

                                                To pawn => to go to a pawnbroker's (GB) or a pawnshop (US)

 "FAUX AMI"! misery: sadness, sharp or strong anxiety, pain, or sorrow. 

  to go to my uncle's: slang for: to go to a pawnbroker's... and what's funny is that the French expression is "To go to my aunt's"!    

To be broke                                                       To beg=> a beggar                             A destitute

III) AND ... A FEW IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS: 

- to lead a life of luxury

- to be short of money

- to make a fortune

- to live from hand-to-mouth

- to be in straightened circumstances

- to have difficulty in making ends meet

- to have a small income/ a low income

- to run up enormous debts

- to go from rags to riches

As you can see, there are many words and expressions linked to money and daily consumption. You don't have to remember them all, but should make your choice depending on your future conversations or interests. 

Good luck! 

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1. Cristin is from an well-off familyindigent familyaffluent familyI don't know, and adjusting to her new environment will certainly be hard, at first!

2. Uncle Norman went to America when he was twenty, and there, he was well-heeledwas poverty strickenmade a fortunemade fortuneI don't know thanks to hard work and persistence.

3. It’s difficult for poor people to look at the wealthya large incomegrinding povertyI don't know and their huge mansions.

4. As I hate to be in debtaffluentbankruptsolventI don't know, I always pay my bills before they're due.

5. After the economic crisis, many small companies went bankruptneedysolventdestituteI don't know and closed down.

6. He needed some money immediately, and went to a pawnbroker'sa poor mana banka beggarI don't know to try and get money against his Rolex.

7. Getting a life of povertyfrom rags to richesstraightened circumstancesto a pawnbroker'sI don't know, was the Dream most immigrants had in mind when they arrived in the USA.

8. Mary’s povertyincomepennilesswagesI don't know are quite low , which makes it difficult for her to be destitutelead a miserable lifemake ends meetI don't know. She has to do overtime.

9. From the 15th of the month, she’s short of moneywell-to-doaffluentI don't know, and around the 20th, she’s totally wealthybankruptbrokeI don't know; she often has to borrow money from her dad.