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to scrape a living

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  • scrape a living — survive with difficulty …   English contemporary dictionary

  • scrape — [[t]skre͟ɪp[/t]] scrapes, scraping, scraped 1) VERB If you scrape something from a surface, you remove it, especially by pulling a sharp object over the surface. [V n with adv] She went round the car scraping the frost off the windows... [V n… …   English dictionary

  • living — [[t]lɪ̱vɪŋ[/t]] ♦♦♦ livings 1) N COUNT: usu sing The work that you do for a living is the work that you do in order to earn the money that you need. Father never talked about what he did for a living... He earns his living doing all kinds of… …   English dictionary

  • scrape — 01. Some animals eat tiny algae which they [scrape] off the rocks. 02. She fell down, and [scraped] her knees. 03. I hate butter, the child cried as he tried to [scrape] it off his sandwich. 04. They finally managed to [scrape] enough money… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • scrape — 1 verb 1 (T) to remove something from a surface, using the edge of a knife, stick etc: Scrape the carrots and slice them thinly. | scrape sth away/off etc: I tried to scrape some of the mud off my boots. | We scraped away several layers of old… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • scrape — scrape1 [skreıp] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old Norse; Origin: skrapa] 1.) [T] to remove something from a surface using the edge of a knife, a stick etc ▪ Scrape the carrots and slice them thinly. scrape sth away/off ▪ The earth was scraped away to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • living — liv|ing1 [ lıvıŋ ] adjective count *** 1. ) usually before noun alive at the present time: He has no living relatives. She s arguably the sexiest living movie star. a ) the living all the people who are alive 2. ) only before noun living… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • living — I UK [ˈlɪvɪŋ] / US adjective *** 1) a) [usually before noun] alive at the present time He has no living relatives. She s arguably the sexiest living film star. b) the living all the people who are alive 2) [only before noun] living creatures are… …   English dictionary

  • scrape by — verb manage one s existence barely I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary • Syn: ↑scrape along, ↑scratch along, ↑squeak by, ↑squeeze by, ↑rub along • Hypernyms: ↑cop …   Useful english dictionary

  • living — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ comfortable, decent, good, honest ▪ He makes a good living as a builder. ▪ meagre/meager ▪ She eked ou …   Collocations dictionary

  • scrape up — verb gather (money or other resources) together over time (Freq. 1) She had scraped together enough money for college they scratched a meager living • Syn: ↑scrape, ↑scratch, ↑come up • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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