make do with the scraps of timeとは、どういうことですか。

My first priority should have been Claudine and the children, but
they often had to make do with the scraps of time I had left when all
my other commitments had been fulfilled. It was crazy, but I was on
a merry-go-round of fame and fortune and didn't know how to get
off or perhaps---and I'm ashamed as I admit it now---I didn't even
want to get off.

No.1 ベストアンサー 回答者： Wungongchan 回答日時： 2016/10/01 09:31

scraps は『クズ、半端な余り』という意味です。

従って scraps of time は『半端な時間』ぐらい。

・・・・but　they often had to make do with the scraps of time I had left when all　my other commitments had been fulfilled. 　→　『しかし彼等（奥さん？と子供達）は私の他の用事が全て片付いた時に残った半端な時間で、しばしば都合を付けなければならなかった。』