He works 50 hours a week and still only earns enough to _______________.
A: scrape by
B: run errands
C: off the grid
D: make a racket
A: scrape by
B: run errands
C: off the grid
D: make a racket
举一反三
- 2 Complete the text. My sister’s a nurse in our local ► hospital . She only works ____-time-about 15 hours (2) ____ week – and she doesn’t (3) ____ much money. Nurses in our country generally get (4) ____ wages. Her husband is a doctor, and he works very long (5) ____-sometimes 14 hours a (6) ____. He earns about $90,000 a (7) ____ which is a very high (8) ____ in our country.
- The mayor of our city used to work 50 hours a week, but recently he's ______working hours. A: drop off B: cut down on C: building upon D: cutting down on
- John arrived late for the baseball game because he had to________ for his mom in the morning to the grocery store and the post office. A: walk errand B: run errand C: walk errands D: run errands
- The boy studied the signs for over an hour, but still could not _____ them, so he turned to his teacher for help. A: make up B: make off C: make over D: make sense of
- Which is the only way for flying navigation in the area off the grid?