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zheka24 [161]
3 years ago
14

"he was the curiousest man about always betting on anything that turned up you ever see, if he could get anybody to bet on the o

ther side; and if he couldn't change sides"
what does this mean in Standard American English? plz help
English
2 answers:
Sloan [31]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

It means that the person was a gambler.

Explanation:

The line belongs to The Notorious Frog of Calaveras County, a short story written by Mark Twain. It narrates the story of a guy that narrates another story (called <em>a frame story</em>) about a guy that used to bet on everything. The person described in the story takes his actions (betting) to a point where he puts his money on a frog that had been manipulated before the bet. With this phrase, the speaker wants to express that the guy was totally a gambler.

OLga [1]3 years ago
3 0
He had many manners and he was always lending his money out to people for any apparent reason just to try to beat someone in a bet.
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