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."
