life savings

1. (countable, plural, plural only, uncountable)A large sum of money one has saved over a considerable number of years.

   She spent her life savings on a new car.

   сбереже́нияsberežénija

2. (countable, uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see life, savings.

1. Tom lost his life savings.

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2. Tom gambled away his life savings.

   deTom hat seine Ersparnisse verspielt.

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3. I have my life savings invested in this store.

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4. He gambled away his life savings.

   ruОн проиграл все свои сбережения.

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5. Tom lost his life savings on a memecoin.

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