to endure, to keep out (e.g. rain), to stave off (e.g. starvation)...

tiding over

skyscraping, very high, above the clouds...

excelling, surpassing, outdoing

insult, affront, disgrace...

lingchi, death by a thousand cuts, slow torture by slicing off parts of the body

humiliation, indignity, affront...

Chinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora)

shelter

seaworthiness

Chinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora)

living from hand to mouth

nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)

relief from the heat

to put up with, to endure, to bear patiently

killing time, staving off boredom

makeshift, for the time being

tiding over a difficult situation, stopgap, quick fix

stopgap, makeshift, temporary measure

to put young men to shame

stopgap, makeshift, temporary measure

to tide over a difficult situation, to use a stopgap measure in a crisis

to protect against the elements, to shelter oneself from the weather

to eke out a living, to get a bare livelihood, to live from hand to mouth

makeshift, stopgap, temporary expedient...