'we don't have high salary expectations as long as we can make a living on our own,' says Liu.

刘凯说，我们对工资的期望值不高，只要能养活自己就可以了。

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Journalism is reeling from the falloff in advertising and the inability of newspapers and magazines to make a living on the Web.

下滑的新闻事业报纸和杂志在网上做广告卷以为生。

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Many farmers have to depend on subsidies to make a living wage.

许多农民不得不依靠补助来维持基本的生活需要。

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They feel they have the right to live on the islands to make a better living.

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Dean had dispatched the occupant of the apartment to the kitchen probably to make coffee while he proceeded with his love problems for to him sex was the one and only holy and important thing in life although he had to sweat and curse to make a living and so on.

安已经把这公寓的人发配到厨房了,也许去煮咖啡，好让他继续进行他的爱事,因为对他来说性是生活中仅有的一桩神圣而重要的事,尽管这样他得边流汗边咒骂来活着。

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The image here that comes to mind for me is one of these deposed kings who ends up waiting on tables to make a living in New York.

我此刻想到的一幅景象,便是一位被废黜的国王,沦落到要在纽约靠当侍应生谋生的结局。

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"Fortunately, fund managers do not have to make a living on lists of 12 recommended stocks, " he says.

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Both are trying to make a living on a planetary surface and both are trying to do this as efficiently as possible without wrecking their living conditions.

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This could be seen as a story of resilience - British workers resolutely refusing to be pushed onto the dole decide to try and make a living on their own.

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