To try to make ends meet, he and his wife just sold their house and are moving into their son's basement.

为了收支相抵，他和妻子只好卖掉了房子，搬到儿子的地下室里住。

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It's an expensive place to live, so most of my friends do try to get part-time jobs to make ends meet.

这个地方生活成本很高，所以我的很多朋友都试着找份能够糊口的兼职。

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Nuraini runs a small shop the family opened to try to make ends meet.

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Women, low-income families, and others in desperate need of support as they try to make ends meet?

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