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Victorycountry Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

I can get by

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00Would someone please explain me the meaning of "I can get by" in the following sentence, thanks.02br
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00e.g. I don't need to know how to read financial statements. I can get by.02br
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00On the google, I found many examples and here are some of them,02br
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00- All I need now are a few words of Portuguese so 01b00I can get by02b00 in Lisbon02br
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00- Some of them 01b00I can get by02b00 with just one guitar and vocals.02br
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00- Overall, I wouldn't use it as a shampoo on a daily basis, but 01b00I can get by02b00 with it when I want to.02br
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00What I can guess after seeing the examples, I think the meaning of the "I can get by" is "I can live with it" or something like that...but not sure.02br
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00Thanks in advance.02br
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0 get by - manage (to do something)0-

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0 get by - manage (to do something)0-
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10Would someone please explain me the meaning of "I can get by" in the following sentence, thanks.12br
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10e.g. I don't need to know how to read financial statements. I can get by. 11b11font10
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0Getting by –means surviving with bare minimum or with what is available. i.e. I don’t make a lot of money as store clerk but I make enough to get by.02br
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00My wife is on business trip and I can’t cook. But so far I am getting by with take-outs.00 0-
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0Well, I was actually going to ask on "get by" with some more examples again to make sure I understood it clearly but because of more explanations, I don't think it's necessary now.02br
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00Thanks all of you, Mr. Hancu, Pioussoul, and Mr.Anonymous!!! 0-
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