Words and expression
1. Pocket money (英式)零用钱
(美式)allowance
2. Money box / Piggy bank 存钱罐
3. Rattle 格格作响;拨浪鼓
E.g. A train rattled by. 火车隆隆驶过。
4. Thrifty节俭的
5. Miser吝啬鬼,守财奴
Synonym: Cheapskate
6. Drain下水道
Brain drain 人才外流
7. Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money box.
E.g. Only very warm-hearted people are eager to help others.
8. A source of... ...的来源
E.g. You are a source of my inspiration.
9. Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there.
E.g. Very few of the donation and contribution people have made the organization have found their way there.