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His family lived off his wife's salary at the dye factory for a time. Then one day Ms. Xu mentioned to Mr.

The poor people starved, while a few lived off the fat of the land.

Paths wander past the stone walls and foundations of a partially restored 600-year-old coastal settlement where people lived off the land.

In immediate danger, he said, were the 300 million people who depended on forests and the more than 1 billion who lived off sea fishing.

We lived off fruit for a week.

The poverty was just too severe, a poverty felt by many families in the area: most people lived off one crop of rice per year.

I lived off rats and toads, and I starved for you.

Jean Lafitte who lived off of the coast of Louisiana in a sheltered Bay named Barataria Bay.

The farmer says when they lived off the land the demand for their goods was primarily domestic.

Adam Smith worked in a Scottish university whose teachers lived off student fees.

The USA lived off credit for too long, inflated its financial sector massively and neglected its industrial base.

For three days I lived off guavas, OHIA-apples, and bananas, all of which grew wild in the jungle.

He lived off his brother.

I lived off $. 30 pot pies from Wal-Mart and cheap bags of rice.

I worked full time, went to school full time, smoked, and lived off fast food and soft drinks.