Scratch A Living Sentences


Scratch a living or US scratch out a living: to earn barely enough money to live He scratched out a living as a farmer.

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  2. From scratch definition: If you do something from scratch, you do it without making use of anything that has been. Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples. Examples of 'from scratch' in a sentence from scratch. These examples have been automatically selected.
  3. The idea that all the sentences in a paragraph should be logically related, they are all about getting the reader to agree with/ understand your controlling idea for the paragraph. This concept is also applied inter-paragraphically, where paragraphs should be arranged in such a way that they lead the reader to your controlling idea for the.
  4. Define scratch. Scratch synonyms, scratch pronunciation, scratch translation, English dictionary definition of scratch. Scratched, scratching, scratches v. To make a thin shallow cut or mark on with a sharp instrument. To use the nails or claws to dig.

from scratch

Entirely without the aid of something that is already prepared or in existence. Refers to making something, usually food, from the raw or base ingredients or components, rather than those that have been preassembled or already partially completed. She doesn't have time to make cupcakes from scratch, so I'm sure they're from a box.My template got deleted so now I have to craft the whole report from scratch.If you want some real from scratch cooking, try Jesse's Café—it's as close to homemade as it gets.

*from scratch

Fig. [making something] by starting from the beginning with the basic ingredients. (*Typically: bake something ~; do something ~; make something ~; Start (something) ~.) We made the cake from scratch, using no prepared ingredients. I didn't have a ladder, so I made one from scratch.

from scratch

From the very beginning, from the outset; from nothing. For example, I knew we'd have a problem from scratch. Similarly, to start from scratch means 'to start from the very beginning,' as in After the business failed, they decided to reorganize and start from scratch. This term comes from racing, where a competitor starts from the line scratched into the ground (whereas others may start ahead with a handicap). [Mid-1800s] Also see from the ground up; from the word go.

from scratch

COMMON If you do something or start something from scratch, you create something completely new, rather than adding to something that already exists. She set up the whole project from scratch.He would rather start again from scratch with new rules, new members, and a new electoral system.The Mlawa factory was one of the first in Poland to be built from scratch by a western investor. Note: In the past, the starting line for races was often a line scratched in the earth.

from scratch

from the very beginning, especially without utilizing or relying on any previous work for assistance.
In certain sports, the scratch was originally the line or mark drawn to indicate the point from which competitors had to start a race unless they had been awarded an advantage and were able to start ahead of this line. So, a competitor starting from scratch would start from a position without any advantage. The expression up to scratch (see below) also comes from this sense of the noun scratch : a competitor who was up to scratch was of a good enough standard to start a race.

do something from ˈscratch

do something from the beginning, not using any work done earlier: The fire destroyed all the plans. Now we’ll have to start again from scratch.
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  1. intransitive/transitive to pull your nails along your skin, especially because you have an itch that makes you want to do this

    Scratch my back for me, will you.

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  2. transitive to cut someone’s skinslightly with something sharp

    Download virtual dj 7. The tree’s branches had scratched his hands and they were bleeding.

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    1. to damage a surface by marking it with something sharp or rough
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  3. intransitive/transitive to move something sharp against a hardsurface and make a noise
    scratch at:

    I could hear the dogscratching at the back door.

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    1. intransitive to producenewsounds by moving a recordbackwards and forwardsquickly with your hand while the stylus is resting on the record
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  4. transitive to remove something, for example a word from a sentence or something from a list
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    1. to remove someone from a race before it begins
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  5. transitive ​informalto decide not to continue with something such as a plan or a project
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  6. transitive ​informalto write something very quickly and carelessly
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  7. intransitive/transitive especially in rapmusic, to producerhythmicscratchingsounds by moving a discbackwards and forwards with your hand

    The turntableallows the DJ to mix and scratch the music that is being played.

    From beatmixing, to scratching, to toneplay – he does it all.

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​adjective

a badlyscratched CD

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