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                              noun ADJ.  comfortable, decent, good He makes a good living as a builder. | meagre She eked out a meagre living as an artist's model. VERB + LIVING  earn, make Her dream was to earn her living as a singer. | eke out, scrape (together), scratch They were forced to scrape a living by selling things on the streets. | do sth for He asked what I did for a living.
                        
                        
 
                        
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                            living
verbs 
earn/make a living 
• She was able to make a living out of her talents as a cook. 
do something for a living 
(= to work at something as your job )
• 'What does he do for a living?' 'I think he's a taxi driver.' 
scrape out/scratch out/eke out a living 
(= to barely earn enough money to live )
• The farmers in these drought-stricken areas are barely able to scratch out a living. 
adjectives 
a good/decent living 
(= enough money )
• Her husband makes a good living. 
a meagre living 
British English , a meager living American English (= not much money )
• She earned a meagre living as a shop assistant. 
                        
                        
 
                        
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