Name: IMPORTANT AMERICAN IDIOM / MAKE DO / MAKE DO WITH / MAKE DO WITH OUT / ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION
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Welcome to English for Everyone, where we practice real-life American English.

Today we're going to learn a great idiom, so let's get started.

Today we're learning this idiom, make do.

Well, I know make and I know do, but together?

It means to use what is available when what you have available is not enough.

Sometimes you have to make do with what you have.

And we say this when what you have is not really enough.

So remember, make do with or make do without.

I'll have to use what is available when what I have available is not enough.

You hope for the best, then make do with what you get.

We'll make do with what we have, won't we?

You know, eight years I've been at Mott Alton.

I've just been trying to make do with what little money they give us.

So you tighten up and make do with what you got.

Well, we can't go to the store now, so we'll just have to make do.

We'll have to make do without any napkins.

They don't have any napkins, but the party is about to start in five minutes.

Are they going to have to make do without them?

That's right, they're going to have to make do without them.

Example, he doesn't have enough money for a new car.

He's going to have to make do with an old car.

He doesn't have enough money for a new car.

Is he going to have to make do with an old car?

That's right, he's going to have to make do with an old car.

It means to manage with limited resources.

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