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earn your crust — ˌearn a/your ˈcrust idiom (BrE, informal) to earn enough money to live on • I ve been an actor for 20 years, earning a crust wherever I can. Main entry: ↑earnidiom … Useful english dictionary
earn a crust — british informal phrase to earn just enough money to live on I’ve been an actor for years, earning a crust wherever I can. Thesaurus: to earn or to get moneysynonym Main entry: earn * * * ˌearn a/your ˈcrust … Useful english dictionary
earn — W2S2 [ə:n US ə:rn] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(money for work)¦ 2¦(profit)¦ 3¦(something deserved)¦ 4 earn your/its keep ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: earnian] 1.) ¦(MONEY FOR WORK)¦ [I and T] to receive a particular amount of money for the work that you do ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
earn */*/*/ — UK [ɜː(r)n] / US [ɜrn] verb Word forms earn : present tense I/you/we/they earn he/she/it earns present participle earning past tense earned past participle earned 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to receive money for work that you do She doesn t… … English dictionary
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