16. How bout a light? & 17.Were really not cheapskates!!

pursue : 추적하다

class action : where many people get together to pursue a legal case

untold: used to emphasize that an amount or quantity is very large

stub out : to put out or successfully defend against

potentially crippling : having the potential to do serious damage

deception : the act of deliberately making someone believe something that is not true

racketeering : organized, illegal activity

lump together : to put two or more different people or things together and consider them as a single group

punitive damages : 징벌적 손해배상

defrauded : take something away from someone in cheating

crimp : to hinder, restraint

dwindle : to gradually go down or decrease

reluctant to : 꺼리는

rebut : 반박하다, 반증을 제시하다.

 

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cheapskate : 구두쇠

combined household income : total income earned by a household

set aside : put aside to save something

ironclad budget : to stik to a very rigid budget