Some firms have shut down, others are consolidating or scraping by.

一些公司关门，一些合并，还有一些干脆被废弃了。

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They work all day long, many of them scraping by, just to put food on the table.

他们终日辛劳，许多人省吃俭用，只不过是为了餐桌上有饭吃。

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I'm putting all my time and energy into this business, and I'm still scraping by.

我把我所有的时间和精力投入到这方面的业务，而我还是刮了。

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After scraping by, Rollhaus came back to the States to try his hand at venture capital.

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He figures his business will just keep scraping by on service and used cars.

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Even lifting incomes by one-quarter, however, still leaves many poor families just scraping by.

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