Odie的英语课 396 钱的短语 11 Scrape by

391~395 复习settle up 结账，结清，付清（欠的钱）I'll settle up with you later. 之后我把钱给你。You buy the tickets and I'll settle up with you later. 你来买票，过后我把钱给你。Let me go settle the bill up with the waiter. 我去跟服务员结账。> I hate having debt hanging over me. 我讨厌债务缠身。put away + money 存（钱）put away money for the future 为将来存钱He puts away a little every month. 他每个月存一点点钱。I put away the same 500 yuan a month. 我每个月（都）存500元。salt away （秘密地）储藏，储存（常指钱等贵重物品）squirrel awayHe'd salted away several thousand dollars over the years and no one knew. 这些年他悄悄地存了好几千美元却没人知道！She had a fortune squirrelled away. 她把一大笔钱藏起来了。Most of his money is squirreled away somewhere. 他的大部分钱都藏在某个地方。scrape by勉强维持生计，勉强过活 scrape 刮，擦，去除；勉强得到，艰难达到I scraped by on just $3 a day.我一天只靠3美元勉强度日。on 靠，凭，指望I scraped by on just ￥10 a day.我一天只靠10块钱勉强度日。Scrape by还经常和 have to（不得不，只好）一起用：have to scrape by不得不勉强维持生计，只好勉强过活The family had to scrape by.一家人只好勉强维持生计。