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Starstuff Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

Put up with/tolerate/endure, no...

Hi,

Can anyone help me find a more suitable word like tolerate/endure/put up with to use in these situations:

I need a bike to go to school, but I can't afford one so I'll have use the one I found from the junkyard. (what am I doing with the crappy bike?)
I'm really hungry now but all the stores are already closed, so I'll have to eat yesterday's leftover junk food. (what am I doing with the food?)
I live in a cheap, noisy house but I'm too poor to rent a better place so I'll have to ____ for now.

What I'm trying to find is a word which can be used to say "I have to tolerate this object because there's no alternative". Since tolerate, endure are used for situations, I wonder if there are better words.

Hopefully someone knows what I'm talking about. Emotion: smile

Thanks!
  

Top answer

How about "make do"? You'll have to make do with the junkyard bike until you can afford a new one.

— BarbaraPA

  • How about "make do"?
  • You'll have to make do with the junkyard bike until you can afford a new one.
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How about "make do"? You'll have to make do with the junkyard bike until you can afford a new one.
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Hi!

I am not a guru or advanced member, but at leat I could try..

How about...

so I'll have to stick to it for now.

so I'll have to hold out for now.

so I'll have to hold up for now.

so I'll have to swallow it for now.
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Nice! Thanks a lot grammar geek (make do is the one!) and prutus!
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