He wished to earn a living through writing but despaired of doing so.

他原想通过写作谋生，但却对此绝望了。

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They help writers earn a decent living.

他们帮助作家们过上体面的生活。

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First you should consider how to equip yourself to earn a living.

首先你应该考虑如何让自己有能力谋生。

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In doing so, he ended a good way to earn a living.

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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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Try living outside of how you earn a living.

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In the report, detailed further in the link here to the left, ECA notes that the U.S. lower tax burden and overall cheaper cost of living makes it the No. 1 country in the Western world to earn a living as a middle manager.

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There is no way I can earn a living when I get out, he says.

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