BBC Six-minute English: shopaholics - vocabulary

tightening our belts	people who are compulsive shoppers and can't stop themselves 
buying things	
retail therapy	the way you feel at a particular time
	
debt culture	when we go shopping and buy ourselves things in order to feel happier	
shopaholics	when people live off credit and spend money they do not actually have by using credit cards and borrowing from the bank	
self-esteem		something which disappears slowly	
mood		spending less money than before	
leakage	belief and confidence in how we feel about ourselves	

BBC Six-minute English: shopaholics - vocabulary

tightening our belts	people who are compulsive shoppers and can't stop themselves 
buying things	
retail therapy	the way you feel at a particular time
	
debt culture	when we go shopping and buy ourselves things in order to feel happier	
shopaholics	when people live off credit and spend money they do not actually have by using credit cards and borrowing from the bank	
self-esteem		something which disappears slowly	
mood		spending less money than before	
leakage	belief and confidence in how we feel about ourselves	

Answers	

tightening our belts	spending less money than before
	
retail therapy	when we go shopping and buy ourselves things in order to feel happier	
debt culture	when people live off credit and spend money they do not actually have by using credit cards and borrowing from the bank	
shopaholics	people who are compulsive shoppers and can't stop themselves 
buying things	
self-esteem		belief and confidence in how we feel about ourselves
	
mood		the way you feel at a particular time
	
leakage	something which disappears slowly