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Gamboler Posted 15 years ago
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Are you game enough...?
What would be the meaning of the word "game" in this sentence: "Are you game enough to make the man downstairs believe that Helen was alive when I left her apartment?"
A) Game in the sense of unfit (not in good physical or mental condition), like "Are you mad enough..."
B) Game in the sense of courageous (able to face and deal with danger or fear) like "Are you brave enough..."
C) A different meaning of A or B
A) Game in the sense of unfit (not in good physical or mental condition), like "Are you mad enough..."
B) Game in the sense of courageous (able to face and deal with danger or fear) like "Are you brave enough..."
C) A different meaning of A or B
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Hi, B. But I think of the meaning more as 'eager, willing, spirited'. So does my dictionary.
- Hi, B.
- But I think of the meaning more as 'eager, willing, spirited'.
- So does my dictionary.
- In sense A, I've only encountered the word used in a physical sense, eg He had a game leg.
- Not in a mental sense.
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Hi,
B. But I think of the meaning more as 'eager, willing, spirited'. So does my dictionary.
In sense A, I've only encountered the word used in a physical sense, eg He had a game leg. Not in a mental sense.
Clive
B. But I think of the meaning more as 'eager, willing, spirited'. So does my dictionary.
In sense A, I've only encountered the word used in a physical sense, eg He had a game leg. Not in a mental sense.
Clive
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Thanks, Clive.
At first I thought it was courageous because "thefreedictionary" on the Internet has this meaning for game when used as an adjective:
---------- Game: (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), persevering, intrepid, valiant. ---------
And the novel where I saw the sentence is written in the USA by a Newyorker in informal style, so...
At first I thought it was courageous because "thefreedictionary" on the Internet has this meaning for game when used as an adjective:
---------- Game: (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), persevering, intrepid, valiant. ---------
And the novel where I saw the sentence is written in the USA by a Newyorker in informal style, so...
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