Financing a Dream

I started buying things on _____________.

When I went to college, I didn't know anything about __________ matters.

They don't know that owing so much money can _________ their future happiness.

When my parents found the bill, they were very upset. They offered to give me the ___________ I needed to pay it.

They didn't want to ___________ me, but told me I needed to be more responsible.

(adj.) connected with money and finance

That way I could buy whatever I wanted without paying right away. Soon I was $25,000 in _____________.

(n.) a copy of something, usually smaller than the original object

(V.) ​to make somebody feel shy, uncomfortable or ashamed, especially in a social situation

(n.) an amount of money that has been saved or has been made available for a particular purpose

I finally repaid them, but it took a long time. Now I work for a bank and give talks to college students about managing their money. I try to ___________the problems they can have if they owe a lot of money when they are in school.

(v.) to say that you will cause trouble, hurt somebody, etc. if you do not get what you want

(n.) a group of listeners or spectators

I didn't have very much money. I wasn't working, so I didn't have a regular __________.

(n.) a sum of money that somebody owes

(n.) arrangement that you make, with a shop for example, to pay later for something you buy

The students in the ______________ are always interested in the topic.

(n.) the money that a person, a region, a country, etc. earns from work, from investing money, from business, etc.

I explained that what I did was not a good ____________ to follow.

(V.) to show something that is usually hidden