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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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make ends meet

Part of Speechverb

To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).

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keep the lights onearn outwash its facecash outstrike a balancecash upsalarypay for itself

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