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In fact, the elderly man who was always a few pennies short at the grocery store turned out to be an extraordinary millionaire. He was obsessed with frugality in life.

When I come to think of people who are rich, I think we can often say that they are frugal. And if they don't live fruagal life, they probably can't be rich.

In that sense, my husband and I easily buy something that we want, so we can't become rich, I suppose.

Anyway, the old man left his enormous fortune to the clerk who paid his difference at her own expense. I'm interested in what happens next. What will she do with such great wealth?

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そして、倹約することばかり考えていたのね。

And he was ( ) with ( ).

正解

And he was (obsessed) with (frugality).

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結局、老人は貧しくなかったってことがわかって。

It turned out that the old man wasn't poor afte all.

彼は風変わりな億万長者だったの。

He was an eccentric multimillionaire.

そして、倹約することばかり考えていたのね。

And he was obsessed with frugality.

ときどきそういう人の話を聞くでしょう。

Every now and then you hear about one of those.

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◆be obsessed with～＝「～で頭がいっぱいである、～に取りつかれている」

１．最近、新しい仕事のことで頭がいっぱいみたいだね。

You seem to be obsessed with your new buisiness these days.

２．彼は自分がガンだと思い込んでいた。

He was obsessed with the idea that he had a cancer.

３．彼女は来月行われる息子の入試のことで頭がいっぱいである。

She's obsessed with her son's entrance exam next month.

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