The salary was lower than I wanted, but after months of searching, I decided to settle for that job." "He dreamed of becoming an actor, but he ended up settling for a career as a teacher."
We ran out of sour cream, so we had to make do with plain yogurt for the tacos." "My laptop broke right before the deadline, so I had to make do with my old, slow desktop computer."
To describe a high salary: "Investment bankers are known for making the big bucks." To describe a high price: "If you want to buy a house with an ocean view, you'll need to spend some big bucks."
The climate scientist warned that the melting of the polar ice caps was dangerously close to reaching a tipping point, after which the changes would be irreversible."
Headwear tall, folding headdress worn by bishops and archbishops in the Roman Catholic Church, as well as in some other Christian denominations (like the Anglican Church). Example: "The Bishop wore his ceremonial mitre during the Easter Mass."
