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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

do the books

A: Why weren't you at the party?

B: I had to do the books.

What does speaker B mean? Please advise.

LCChang
  

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Doing the accounting, etc, for the business: ------------ book g : any of the records (as the daybook, cashbook, salesbook, journal, ledger) in which a systematic record of business transactions may be kept -- often used in plural <their book s show a profit> ------------------

— Marius Hancu

  • Doing the accounting, etc, for the business: ------------ book g : any of the records (as the daybook, cashbook, salesbook, journal, ledger) in which a systematic record of business transactions may be kept -- often used in plural <their book s show a profit> ------------------
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Doing the accounting, etc, for the business:

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book

g : any of the records (as the daybook, cashbook, salesbook, journal, ledger) in which a systematic record of business transactions may be kept -- often used in plural <their books show a profit>


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Thank you. But it's hard.

LCChang
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Don't be discouraged, LCChang - you ask a lot of questions that would give trouble even to native speakers!
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Emotion: smile Thanks for the encouragement.

LCChang
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LcchangA: Why weren't you at the party?

B: I had to do the books.

What does speaker B mean? Please advise.

LCChang

Additionally: it suggests a context where speaker A knows that B has a business, and where speaker B is accustomed to refer
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