"When I was determined to earn a living for my darling wife and two children, the music business was awful slow during the folk revival.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

and tries to marshal in the process of working his will in the world, to make his way in it, to earn his living, to stand on his own two feet.

在完成这世上他的意志的时候他也试图整理，用这种方式生活，自食其力。

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and I get to earn a living out of it.

而且我通过这些养活自己。

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But,the opportunity to earn a living as an actress postponed her music plans.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

The secretary said the woman had not been allowed to leave her home after her marriage, until her husband was injured and could no longer earn a living.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28