Eke out

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

We have the perfect phrase to describe making the most of what you’ve got left.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:08.0	Welcome to the English we speak.
0:09.0	I'm Jayin.
0:10.0	And hello, I'm Neil.
0:12.0	Jaying, there's a bit of a problem.
0:13.6	Oh no, what's wrong?
0:15.6	We've almost run out of teabags.
0:17.2	There's just one left.
0:19.3	What are we going to do?
0:20.3	Don't panic, Neil.
0:22.3	We're just going to have to eke out the last one and share the tea bag.
0:25.6	Eat out? Eke.
0:27.6	Are you okay? Have you seen a mouse?
0:30.0	No, Neil. Eke. To eke out means to make the supply of something last a bit longer by using it carefully.
0:38.0	It's what you do when you only have a small quantity of something and you want it to last as long as possible.
0:45.0	Like our last tea bag. I'm not sure if eeking out this last tea bag will make the tea
0:49.7	taste very good. Well, go and find out where we ekeel some examples.
0:55.0	Because of the storm we had to eke out food supplies before we could get to the shops again.
1:05.4	Our crops have failed this year so we can hardly eke out a living.
1:10.4	I've lost my job so I need to eke out what savings I have to survive.
1:15.0	This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're hearing about the phrasal verb to eke out, which means to make
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