After his wife died, he lived by himself.

他妻子死后，他就独居。

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So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming.

所以他独居放牧和农业。

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Since he was single and had no brother or sister, he lived by himself.

他没结婚，也没有兄弟姐妹，一个人单独居住。

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Stradivari himself made around 1, 100 instruments, a huge number by any standard, because he lived to be 93 and worked obsessively to his dying breath.

ECONOMIST: Violin-making