COULD HARDLY MAKE ENDS MEET

Meaning of COULD HARDLY MAKE ENDS MEET in English

barley earned enough money to pay his bills, barely earned enough to survive

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HARDLY — apen. ~ ANYONE: presc nequí
English interlingue dictionary
HARDLY — adverb Date: before 12th century with force ; vigorously, in a severe manner ; harshly, with difficulty ; painfully, 4. …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COULD — see: can Etymology: Middle English couthe, coude, from Old English cūthe; akin to Old High German konda ~ Date: 13th …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MEET — I. ˈmēt, usu -ēd.+V verb ( met ˈmet, usu -ed.+V ; met ; meeting ; meets ) Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAKE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HARDLY — adverb Etymology: Middle English hardely, hardly, from Old English heardlīce, adverb of heardlīc severe, bold, from heard hard + -līc …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ENDS — plural of end present third singular of end
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COULD — or archaic 2d sing couldst Etymology: alteration (influenced by should and would ) of Middle English coude, couthe, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COULD — (imp.) Was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or …
Английский словарь Webster
COULD — (imp.) of Can
Английский словарь Webster
MEET — meet 1 — meeter , n. /meet/ , v. , met, meeting , n. v.t. 1. to come upon; come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAKE — make 1 — makable , adj. /mayk/ , v. , made, making , n. v.t. 1. to bring into existence …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HARDLY — /hahrd"lee/ , adv. 1. only just; almost not; barely: We had hardly reached the lake when it started raining. hardly …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COULD — /kood/ ; unstressed /keuhd/ , v. 1. a pt. of can 1 . auxiliary verb. 2. (used to express possibility): …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MEET — I. ˈmēt verb ( met ˈmet ; meet·ing ) Etymology: Middle English meten, from Old English mētan; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAKE — I. ˈmāk verb ( made ˈmād ; mak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English macian; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HARDLY — adverb Date: before 12th century 1. : with force : vigorously 2. : in a severe manner : harshly 3. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COULD — verbal auxiliary, past of can Etymology: Middle English couthe, coude, from Old English cūthe; akin to Old High German konda …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEET — adv meetly. 2. meet ·adj suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient. 3. meet ·vt to come together with hostile purpose; …
Webster English vocab
MAKE — vt to be engaged or concerned in. 2. make ·noun a companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. …
Webster English vocab
HARDLY — adv confidently; hardily. 2. hardly ·adv unwillingly; grudgingly. 3. hardly ·adv certainly; surely; indeed. 4. hardly ·adv severely; harshly; roughly. …
Webster English vocab
COULD — impf of can. 2. could ·impf was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. used as an auxiliary, …
Webster English vocab
MEET — [meet] vb met ; meet.ing [ME meten, fr. OE metan; akin to OE gemot assembly--more at moot] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MAKE — [make] vb made ; mak.ing [ME, fr. OE macian; akin to OHG mahhon to prepare, make, Gk magenai to be …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HARDLY — [hard.ly] adv (bef. 12c) 1: with force: vigorously 2: in a severe manner: harshly 3: with difficulty: painfully 4. a--used …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COULD — [could] [ME couthe, coude, fr. OE cuthe; akin to OHG konda could] past of can--used in auxiliary function in the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COULD — could strong form BrE AmE kʊd , occasional weak form kəd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MEET — / miːt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( met , met / met; NAmE /) BY CHANCE 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAKE — / meɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( made , made / meɪd; NAmE /) CREATE 1. make …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARDLY — / ˈhɑːdli; NAmE ˈhɑːrd-/ adverb 1. almost no; almost not; almost none : There's hardly any tea left. Hardly anyone …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COULD — / kəd; NAmE ; strong form kʊd/ modal verb ( negative could not , short form couldn't / ˈkʊdnt; NAmE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEET — I. meet 1 S1 W1 /miːt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle met /met/) [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAKE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HARDLY — hard ‧ ly S2 W2 /ˈhɑːdli $ ˈhɑːrdli/ BrE AmE adverb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ hardship , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COULD — could S1 W1 /kəd; strong kʊd/ BrE AmE modal verb ( negative short form couldn’t ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MEET — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. met) 1 a tr. encounter (a person or persons) by accident or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAKE — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HARDLY — adv. 1 scarcely; only just (we hardly knew them). 2 only with difficulty (could hardly speak). 3 harshly.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MEET — v. & n. v. (past and past part. met) 1 a tr. encounter (a person or persons) by accident or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAKE — v. & n. v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HARDLY — adv. 1 scarcely; only just (we hardly knew them). 2 only with difficulty (could hardly speak). 3 harshly.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MEET — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. met) 1. a tr. encounter (a person or persons) by accident …
Oxford English vocab
MAKE — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. made) 1. tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Oxford English vocab
HARDLY — adv.1 scarcely; only just (we hardly knew them). 2 only with difficulty (could hardly speak). 3 harshly.
Oxford English vocab
MAKE — I. CARRYING OUT AN ACTION /meɪk/ ( makes, making, made) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEET — ( meets, meeting, met) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARDLY — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use hardly to modify a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COULD — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Could' is a modal verb. It …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARDLY — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ to modify a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
COULD — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Could' is a modal verb. It …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HARDLY — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES barely/hardly sleep (= to not sleep well ) ▪ I’d hardly slept the night before …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COULD — modal verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES as far as the eye could see (= all the distance you could see …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HARDLY — (CERTAINLY NOT) [adverb] [not gradable] - certainly notYou can hardly (= You cannot) expect a pay-rise when you've only been …
Cambridge English vocab
COULD — (SUGGEST) [auxiliary verb] [+ infinitive without to] - used for making a suggestionYou could always try painting the wall a …
Cambridge English vocab
MEET — Synonyms and related words : Highland games, Olympiad, Olympic games, Olympics, abide by, abut, accepted, accommodate, accommodate with, accommodated, accord, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARDLY — Synonyms and related words : a bit, a little, abnormally, arduously, at infrequent intervals, badly, barely, bitterly, burdensomely, by a …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ENDS — Money. Example: I got no ends until Monday.
Slang English vocab
MEET — I. noun (esp. AmE ) ADJECTIVE ▪ gymnastics , race , swim , track ▪ hunt ( BrE ) ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HARDLY — adv. Hardly is used with these adjectives: ↑ able , ↑ adequate , ↑ audible , ↑ aware , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MEET — INDEX: 1. to meet someone who you have arranged to meet 2. to meet someone by chance 3. when you …
Longman Activator English vocab
HARDLY — See ↑ NOT 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can hardly/barely • ↑ can hardly/can barely/can't keep your eyes open • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
ENDS — • ↑ make ends meet • ↑ odds and ends
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