供儿子上大学期间我们的生活非常拮据。

We lived on the breadline to get our son through college.

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我们生活拮据，但却快乐许多。

We were living with less, but we were happier.

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也不仅仅是年青人感到生活拮据。

It is not just the young who feel squeezed.

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我讨厌那种不得不过着拮据的生活的时候。

I hate when I have to live on less money.

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他们的生活很拮据，但是他们过的很快乐。

Their life is very tight, but they are very happy.

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可是以往的生活并不拮据。

But previously, it was with unstinted means.

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尽管她已成为名人，却仍然过着拮据寒碜的生活。

Although she has become a celebrity, she still maintains an extremely frugal and sparing life.

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尽管她已成为名人，却仍然过着拮据寒碜的生活。

Although she has become a celebrity, she still maintains an extremely frugal and sparing life.

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