āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
live off
/lËaÉĒv ËÉf/
to live off
[phrase form: live]
01
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to financially survive by depending on someone or something else
Transitive: to live off a financial resource
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She has been able to live off her savings for the past year.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž
to depend on a particular food for survival
Transitive: to live off specific food items
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The family lived off potatoes and bread during the time of famine.
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛.
