outlay gerbil coddle and pamper cradle splurge on toddler square meal
────────────────────────────── outlay, 出費、経費 ────────────────────────────── Outlay is the amount of money that you have to spend in order to buy something or start a project.
= expenditure, cost, expenses, spending
────────────────────────────── gerbil, アレチネズミ ────────────────────────────── A gerbil is a small, furry animal that is often kept as a pet.
Google imageで見てみましょう。 http://tinyurl.com/jxx4c
────────────────────────────── coddle and pamper, 甘やかして育てる ────────────────────────────── To coddle someone means to treat them too kindly or protect them too much.
If you pamper someone, you make them feel comfortable by doing things for them or giving them expensive or luxurious things, sometimes in a way which has a bad effect on their character.
A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.
────────────────────────────── splurge on, …に散財する、…に大金を使う ────────────────────────────── この単語ビジ英で以前に出てきましたね。splurge a littleで、 たまには散財したらどう？ みたいな使われ方でした。
If you splurge on something, you spend a lot of money, usually on things that you do not need.
フレーズ辞典より、 splurge 〔動〕散財する, 贅沢にふける
I wonder if I could splurge just a little. 少しは散財してもいいかしら．
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Pet Market Boom (1) 8/14-15, 2006"
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