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Mandarin Master 11 凑合

Category: Education
Duration: 00:06:00
Publish Date: 2016-02-03 20:50:44
Description: 凑合 còu he
凑 còu:把东西拼凑到一块, get something together
合 he: 合在一起, get something together
将就;还算过得去 [make do;not too bad; passable]

Two different parts of speech
凑合:v. Make do with
凑合凑合吧,just make do with it.
eg: 我这件棉袄还能凑合着穿一冬
I can make this padded jacket do for another winter.
凑合:adj. passable
eg: 这棉袄还凑合吧
This padded jacked is still passable

Dialog:
C: 你今天怎么看上去这么不开心呢?
D: 我们刚搬了办公室,现在我们得在又破又挤的房间里凑合着工作。

C: Why you look so sad today?
D: We just moved to a new office, and we have to make do with humble and compact quarters
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