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We should try to live within our means.

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Sentence

Narrator

We should try to live within our means.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

You should always try to live within your means.

Describing Habits

We make a conscious effort to live within our means, budgeting carefully each month.

Asking About Others

Do you and your family try to live within your means?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If we didn't live within our means, we'd be in serious debt.

Rephrased versions

Formal

It is prudent to manage our finances responsibly and avoid excessive spending.

Casual

We try not to spend more than we earn.

Simpler English

We should only spend the money we have.

Phrases to learn

live within our means

To spend only the money one earns; to avoid debt.