Now, Joe wants to make a living off of his music.

乔想以音乐维生。

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I would really like living here if it wasn't for the gangs of kids who make our lives a misery.

要不是那一群群的孩子搅得我们生活不宁，我还是挺喜欢住在这里的。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

You can make a mental blueprint of a desire as you would make a blueprint of a house, and each of us is continually making these blueprints in the general routine of everyday living.

你可以像给房子画蓝图一样在脑海中勾勒出愿望的蓝图，而我们每个人在日常生活中都在不断地绘制这些蓝图。

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In the ancient forests of the Lapland area of Finland, many people in the Sami native group make a living raising reindeer.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

The image here that comes to mind for me is one of these deposed kings who ends up waiting on tables to make a living in New York.

我此刻想到的一幅景象,便是一位被废黜的国王,沦落到要在纽约靠当侍应生谋生的结局。

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"Hundreds of thousands of young people around the world can break through and make this a better world for all living things.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

If you can make a very good living by plucking eyebrows, you can make a living of anything!

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