Spending Strategies for the Holiday Gift-Giving Season

correspondent: 특파원
You’ll want to hear what our senior business correspondent Christine Romans has to say.

breathing space: 여유
high interest: 고리, 비싼 이자
That’ll buy you some breathing space to get rid of the old debt without paying that really high interest.

tricks up your sleeve: 숨겨둔 계략
So, Christine, I know you’ve got some tools and some tricks maybe up your sleeve that you can share with us to save a little.

cloud your judgment: 판단을 흐리게 만들다
It can cloud your judgment.

allure: 매력
And the allure is, instead of a high interest credit card, you’re breaking something up into four equal payments and it’s sort of spreading out those costs.

homemade: 집에서 만든, 손수 만든
Maybe do homemade gifts.