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Meanings of make shift in English

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Usage of make shift in English
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The others no doubt will make shift to tread the path behind us.
The lord of the rings
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We must make shift to press on at the top of our speed.
The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn: A Story of the Days of the Gunpowd...
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We will indeed make shift to start the very first moment we may.
In the Wars of the Roses: A Story for the Young
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He was content to make shift, as he called it, with the pin.
Tales and Novels — Volume 02 / Popular Tales
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So we had to make shift to love without either language.
The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance
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At present men make shift to wear what they can get.
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
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He thinks he can make shift with a pretty wife instead.
A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music
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He could make shift with what he had for another month.
Burned Bridges
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We will see whether we cannot make shift without a victim.
For the Faith: A Story of the Young Pioneers of Reformation in O...
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Can you make shift to bring out the sick lady to this window?
The Sign of the Red Cross: A Tale of Old London
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It will go hard with us, but we'll make shift to buy 'em.
Seven Little People and their Friends
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For we would make shift to receive them all, an they could come.
The Sign of the Red Cross: A Tale of Old London
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But if you will not help me, then I must make shift for myself.
The lady elizabeth
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Graces more confessedly childlike they make shift to teach themselves.
The Children
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We are left to make shift as best we can.
The Eagle of the Empire: A Story of Waterloo
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I am not a barber, but I will make shift.
Kim
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