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Sarunnio Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Make their living off
0 Hi everybody, 02 br
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00 I don't quite understand how to use the words "making their living off" in following sentence. 02 br
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01 i 00 "Instead of 01 b 00 making their living off 02 b 00 the once-bountiful river, they find themselves selecting 02 br
00 popped rice for making traditional Thai sweets." 02 i 02 br
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00 As I know that "make a living" is an idiom, which means "to earn enough money to live". 02 br
00 So, does the word "off" means "from" in this context? and Can I use "from" instead of "off"? 02 br
00 Can anybody explain what exactly this sentence means? 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance, 0-
02 br
00 I don't quite understand how to use the words "making their living off" in following sentence. 02 br
02 br
01 i 00 "Instead of 01 b 00 making their living off 02 b 00 the once-bountiful river, they find themselves selecting 02 br
00 popped rice for making traditional Thai sweets." 02 i 02 br
02 br
00 As I know that "make a living" is an idiom, which means "to earn enough money to live". 02 br
00 So, does the word "off" means "from" in this context? and Can I use "from" instead of "off"? 02 br
00 Can anybody explain what exactly this sentence means? 02 br
02 br
00 Thanks in advance, 0-
Top answer
) to make a living... to exploit the river. 0-
- ) to make a living...
- to exploit the river.
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0 It means to use the river's resources (fishing, melioration,...) to make a living... to exploit the river. 0-
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