Money was tight, as well as time.

钱很紧张，时间也同样。

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Back in Auckland, though, money was tight.

回到奥克兰，资金开始短缺。

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Money was tight for my family, with our assets locked up in Iran, so I took my sister's place rather than waste the investment.

由于资产在伊朗被冻结，我家经济拮据，因此我顶替妹妹的学习以避免浪费学费。

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Money was tight, and he worked to put himself through a Catholic university, where he studied accounting.

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However, when Richard, her eldest, came along in 1950, she stopped working even though money was tight.

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