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| 1. | how even a family which had had as good food as it wished and a few extras could be down to bread and scrape |
| 即使是一个本来想吃得好些就能吃得好些、尚有盈余可供某些别的开支的家庭，倘若嗜上酒来，则在不到一个月的时间里，就可以穷落下来，以致只能吃面包及必须掏尽家底，不难明白这种现象究竟是怎么回事。 |
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| 2. | scrape the barrel |
| 刮家底|采用最后的办法|使出最后一着 |
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| 3. | We had to scrape the barrel to get a full team, and then we lost 6-1. |
| 我们勉强凑成一个队, 结果以6比1输了. |
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| 4. | how even a family which had had as good food as it wished and a few extras could be down to bread and scrape |
| 即使是一个本来想吃得好些就能吃得好些、尚有盈余可供某些别的开支的家庭，倘若嗜上酒来，则在不到一个月的时间里，就可以穷落下来，以致只能吃面包及必须掏尽家底，不难明白这种现象究竟是怎么回事。 |
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