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Significados de scrape along em inglês

Manage one's existence barely.

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        Examples for "scrape by"
        Examples for "scrape by"
        1
        The Bank of Mum and Dad often scrape by to fund it.
        The Irish Times
        2
        It is common for Haitians to scrape by with money from relatives abroad.
        Reuters
        3
        I made enough money to scrape by here and that's that.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Gabrielle's boyfriend was a low-expectation loser who was perfectly happy to scrape by.
        It Must Be Love
        5
        With Gursewak's parents barred from working, the family has to scrape by on donations.
        Reuters
        1
        I'm a widow with twelve sons; and 'tis --hard to scratch along.
        Roughing It in the Bush
        2
        And if one of those two fail, how's the other to scratch along?
        The Rules of the Game
        3
        Stephenson was a healthy scratch along with D Taylor Chorney and C Paul Carey.
        Reuters
        4
        The flu didn't get me, but a little scratch along the leg almost did.
        The stand
        5
        It had a long scratch along one side.
        Anansi Boys
        1
        And despite all the wailing-guitar attitude, they only squeak by as atmospheric enhancement.
        Reuters
        2
        I subdued Fox's bark into a squeak by pulling his ears.
        The Parisians — Complete
        3
        I don't know how I'd manage to squeak by without my salary from the shop.
        Murder and salutations
        4
        An animal's habitat is defined by the range of environments that allow it to squeak by.
        Disciple of the dog
        5
        If we place twenty dogs a year, which is about what we average, we squeak by.
        The story of edgar sawtelle
        1
        He tried his best to squeeze by it, but it was very difficult.
        Five on a treasure island
        2
        As the young men tried to squeeze by, the confederate looked up, annoyed.
        Outliers: the story of success
        3
        Barely room to squeeze by this obstruction existed at the doorway.
        The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man
        4
        Lauren stood so Nikki could squeeze by to get a view of the corpse.
        Frozen Heat
        5
        Inside, people squeeze by each other on staircases and corridors.
        The Irish Times
        1
        How can you possibly know we could rub along well together?
        In for a penny
        2
        Those within could hear his heavy body rub along the wall.
        The Eagle of the Empire: A Story of Waterloo
        3
        By doing this I can rub along for another ten days.
        Ballads of a Bohemian
        4
        But I shall rub along somehow, and seven pounds a year's a consideration.
        A Pair of Clogs
        5
        Perhaps that is why we seem to rub along so well,' he added awkwardly.
        Sovereign
        Uso de scrape along em inglês
        1
        Once or twice Reno thought he heard branches scrape along the hull.
        Go home, stranger
        2
        There was seldom much over, but I managed to scrape along somehow.
        Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
        3
        Sometimes he knocked against a chair, making it scrape along the floor.
        Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
        4
        Sliding it to one side, Harry heard it scrape along the tiled floor.
        Blood harvest
        5
        And soon I felt my shoulders scrape along a gravel bank.
        Foxglove Summer
        6
        Madawc knocked his chair backward to scrape along the marble floor.
        Micah & Strange Candy
        7
        It was a knockout of course, but he thought he could scrape along.
        This Freedom
        8
        They can always scrape along down there, but they can never do anything big.
        O Pioneers!
        9
        But I'm pretty rugged yet, and I guess I can manage to scrape along.
        Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret
        10
        This time his rump stuck up too far making his back scrape along the top.
        Dragons of autumn twilight
        11
        Only to see the shaft scrape along the heavy scales and bounce to the sand.
        Star Born
        12
        While pale gardenia skin and heavy eyelids are the vogue, I manage to scrape along.
        The new yorker
        13
        Then we heard a grappling-iron scrape along the ground.
        The Master of the World
        14
        I'd rather scrape along here, as best I can.
        Maurice Guest
        15
        There's a big dented scrape along the driver's side.
        Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
        16
        I kicked hard, and felt the back of my head scrape along the bottom plates.
        The sailcloth shroud
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