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“Good morning! You look tired. What’s happening? Having late nights?”
“Venkat is in town, and as you know, he’s a big foodie. So, in the evenings, I’ve been taking him to the new restaurants.”
“That’s nice of you. I just hope you’re not paying all the time. Are you talking about the well-heeled Venkat or the…”
“Well-heeled Venkat? I don’t think I’ve ever looked at Venkat’s heels.”
“That’s not what I’m talking about. The expression ‘well-heeled’ is used in informal contexts to mean ‘rich’. A well-heeled individual is someone who has a lot of money. Some of my cousins are well-heeled.”
“During summer, some of the well-heeled in Delhi spend a month in Europe.”
“When the news of the scandal broke, many of his well-heeled clients left him.”
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