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The money is intended to provide a basic subsistence and should not be paid to someone who receives other income.; The family was living at subsistence level.

He levered himself out of his chair with the usual difficulty and opened his arms wide; She levered off the lid to reveal bags and boxes of sweets.

Can you get the lid off this jar? Put a lid on the saucepan.

Using ropes and wooden poles for leverage, they haul sacks of cement up the track.

If the United Nations had more troops in the area, it would have greater leverage.; financial/political leverage; The US has very little leverage in that part of the world.

With leverage, the investor's $100,000 buys $500,000 or more of stock if he wants.

We can gain a market advantage by leveraging our network of partners; This new strategy is about leveraging the relationships we have with our customers.

They can leverage a very small investment into millions of dollars.

This gives advertisers more leverage when it comes time to negotiate rates.; Campaigners are trying to get as much political leverage on the situation as possible.; States do not have the economic leverage to influence a foreign country.

Using trade or other economic tools as a lever of diplomacy is not new.;

He wanted them to leverage up the company and buy back some stock.

Like other theater chains, it will be a highly leveraged company, carrying about $550 million in debt.

leveraged deal/purchase/transaction They will have to reduce costs significantly to pay the borrowings to finance the highly leveraged deal.

When prices collapsed, many over-leveraged developers went bankrupt.

The administration has intervened to keep a lid on inflation.; We’ve got to keep a lid on our credit-card purchases.

He'd been behaving so strangely that they began to doubt/question his sanity.

The closer we got to the deadline for action, the more I questioned the sanity of the decision we had taken.; Maybe Jenny can bring some sanity into this crazy situation.

Being an actor has a certain amount of kudos attached to it.; Women’s organizations have been getting kudos for their service activities.; kudos to those who handle buying christmas gifts with ease

It was a disappointing performance that lacked finesse.; She has handled these difficult negotiations with real finesse.

After they'd finessed the software, they followed the people using it for several months.

She was applauded for a full five minutes after her speech.; So let's hear some applause for these talented young performers.

We applaud the family's decision to remain silent over the issue.; We applaud the family’s decision to protect their privacy.

a poor/miserable wretch

Who trampled on my flowers? I bet it was those two little wretches who live next door.; You wretch! You promised you'd give me a lift.

He looked so ill and wretched as he spoke that he made me feel wretched myself.

Workers lived in wretched, overcrowded shacks.

She keeps her room neat and clean. A neat person likes everything to be clean and well arranged; I try to be neat, but my husband is a slob.

He's a big fat slob of a man - I can't stand him; He may seem like a slob at home, but he dresses quite professionally when he goes out, often wearing suits when he goes to work.

a working slob

He won't get a job and just slobs around the house all day.

Half these factories now stand idle.; It's crazy to have £7,000 sitting idle in the bank. An idle moment or period of time is one in which there is no work or activity - If you have an idle moment, call me.

He left the engine idling and ran into the shop.; Let the engine idle for a minute before you put the car in gear.

If you've got a few thousand pounds lying idle in a savings account, think about paying off part of your mortgage or credit card debts.; idle cash/capital/funds: These idle funds can be invested on the money market.

More than 22,913 assembly workers remained idle because of continued shortages of imported parts.

It would be a neat solution to the problem.; a neat trick/solution

The party was really neat.; That video game is really neat!

The company needs to trim the fat to make itself attractive to corporate investors.

he bank will trim 850 workers as part of a cost-cutting program.; trim costs/debt; They're trying to trim their costs, so staff who leave are not being replaced; We have to trim costs by not making any unnecessary trips.

to trim the hedge; My hair needs trimming.; Trim off the leafy ends of the vegetable before cooking; I asked the hairdresser for a trim; Just give the ends a trim, please; He had a neatly trimmed beard.

The edges of the jacket had been trimmed with sequins; The robe was trimmed with fur; The team’s new uniforms are blue with black trim.

You're looking very trim - have you lost weight?

The house was clean and tidy.; I like to keep my desk tidy.; I'm tired of asking you to tidy your room (up).

He made a tidy sum/profit.