scrape through: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    British EnglishAustralian EnglishAmerican Englishinformal
    • To succeed in an examination, selection, or competitive process by a very small margin; to qualify or advance narrowly.

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    • Despite the difficulty, Maria managed to scrape through her final exams and graduate.

      A pesar de la dificultad, María logró aprobar por poco sus exámenes finales y graduarse.

    • Did you really scrape through the interview, or were you confident all along?

      ¿Realmente pasaste la entrevista por poco, o estuviste seguro todo el tiempo?

    • They had scraped through the preliminary rounds but knew the next stage would be much tougher.

      Habían pasado por poco las rondas preliminares pero sabían que la siguiente etapa sería mucho más dura.

  • 2.

    British EnglishAustralian EnglishAmerican Englishinformal
    • To manage to survive, continue, or get by with difficulty or with very limited resources.

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    • With bills piling up, the family scraped through each month by cutting back on all non-essential expenses.

      Con las facturas acumulándose, la familia sobrevivía cada mes recortando todos los gastos no esenciales.

    • I’m just scraping through until I find a better job, trying to keep my head above water financially.

      Solo me las arreglo hasta encontrar un mejor trabajo, tratando de mantenerme a flote financieramente.

    • They scraped through the tough winter by pooling resources and helping each other out.

      Sobrevivieron al duro invierno reuniendo recursos y ayudándose mutuamente.

  • 3.

    Generalneutral
    • To pass or move a scraping implement through or along something; to cut or abrade by scraping.

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    • He scraped through the thick paint with a metal scraper to prepare the wall for repainting.

      Raspó la pintura gruesa con un raspador de metal para preparar la pared para repintar.

    • The artisan carefully scraped through the layers of old varnish to reveal the original wood underneath.

      El artesano raspó cuidadosamente las capas de barniz viejo para revelar la madera original debajo.

    • We scraped through the rust on the gates to stop it from spreading further.

      Raspamos el óxido en las rejas para evitar que se extendiera más.

    • During restoration, they scraped through decades of grime to bring back the statue’s original shine.

      Durante la restauración, raspaban décadas de suciedad para devolver el brillo original a la estatua.

Examples:

  • EN: I suppose we could scrape through with 5,000 less.
    ES: No sé. Supongo que podríamos componérnoslas con 5000 menos.
  • EN: I suppose we could scrape through with 5,000 less.
    ES: No sé. Supongo que podríamos componérnoslas con 5000 menos.
  • EN: You're going to scrape through college with your bullshit degree, you're going to get a job at K-Mart...
    ES: Te arrastrarás en la universidad con tu título de mierda, Tomarás un trabajo en el K-Mart,
  • EN: 'And while you might scrape through a few Waterloo questions, 'when I pin you down on the emperor's domestic reforms, 'I will fuck you very hard in the mouth.'
    ES: Y aunque puedas acertar alguna pregunta sobre Waterloo cuando te acorrale en materia de reformas domésticas te follaré fuertemente la boca.
  • EN: Ha ha, he's done it! Picking up enough points on that last ride to scrape through to tomorrow's competition round.
    ES: tienesuficientespuntosparacalificar enlaprincipalcompetenciademañana.
  • EN: I found a sub, but we only just managed to scrape through.
    ES: Encontré un recambio, pero solo pasamos por los pelos.
  • EN: Really wanna scrape through another winter?
    ES: ¿Realmente quieres raspar otro invierno?
  • EN: Gonna start now cutting-- scrape through scar tissue.
    ES: Ahora empezaré a cortar... raspar el tejido cicatricial.
  • EN: You'll scrape through.
    ES: Lo lograrás.
  • EN: I am passionate with my work, and I can think, and yet I could barely scrape through a college degree that has given excellent jobs to millions of people.
    HI: मैं अपने काम के साथ भावुक हूं, और मैं सोच सकता हूं, और फिर भी मैं एक कॉलेज की डिग्री के माध्यम से मुश्किल से परिमार्जन कर सकता हूं जिसने लाखों लोगों को उत्कृष्ट नौकरी दी है।
  • EN: I'm going to bet that Rudd might just scrape through as well.
    HI: मैं समझ गई कि रवि भी झड़ने वाला है.
  • EN: and you're wondering how you managed to scrape through with the amount of dignity
    HI: तू क्या जाने कैसे इतने दीना जिया
  • EN: We really wanted to hear the pick scrape through the strings.
    HI: हम दौड़ के लेंस के माध्यम से गेट्स के चक्कर को देखने के लिए जल्दी थे।
  • EN: Day of result Everyone was petitioning God l've prayed to You, Trinity of Gods every singleday of my college life l am not asking for distinction Just let me scrape through
    ID: Semua orang telah membuat rayuan kepada Tuhan l've berdoa kepada Anda, Trinity Tuhan setiap hari satu kehidupan kolej saya l saya tidak meminta untuk perbezaan Hanya membiarkan saya mengikis melalui
  • EN: ♪ I will somehow ♪ ♪ manage to scrape through. ♪
    ID: Aku akan entah bagaimana berhasil melewati.
    ID: Aku akan entah bagaimana berhasil melewati.
  • EN: I'll be able to scrape through.
    ID: ..baru saya bisa cari waktu .

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