They are accustomed to being frugal.

他们习惯于俭朴的生活。

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Here's a bit of how we went from relatively wasteful people to being frugal.

下面是我们怎样从相对浪费的人变节俭的。

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They say they are being frugal, but really they are splurging like it is 2007.

他们口称现在很节俭，但实际上他们如2007年一样挥霍。

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But it cannot say so too loudly without risking its prized reputation of being frugal with the public finances.

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It seems that, these days, the key to being frugal is either having little or a lot of money.

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You can truly do whatever you set your mind to, even if it takes a few years of toiling away and being frugal to build up the resources to get there.

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