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Mr. Tom Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Live on bare essentials...

Hi

Is live on bare essentials natural English here? Any suggestions please?

Father had no job and the house was rented. We were practically living on bare essentials.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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We could only afford the bare essentials . g. food, housing, utilities, and transportation.

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  • We could only afford the bare essentials .
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  • food, housing, utilities, and transportation.
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We could only afford the bare essentials.

The bare essentials are those items that are absolutely required, e.g. food, housing, utilities, and transportation.

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