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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
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hello i have a sentence i don't understand
ummmm please tell me what this sentence is saying....
'the minister has raised the stakes in the uranium debate'
what does this mean? 'raise the stakes'?
'the minister has raised the stakes in the uranium debate'
what does this mean? 'raise the stakes'?
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Hi, Consider this image. You are playing cards for money. You have good cards, so you put more of your money into the middle of the table.
- Hi, Consider this image.
- You are playing cards for money.
- You have good cards, so you put more of your money into the middle of the table.
- You have 'raised the stakes'.
- Perhaps the question was 'Should we close this particular uranium mine', and the minister has said 'Perhaps we should close them all'.
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Hi,
Consider this image. You are playing cards for money. You have good cards, so you put more of your money into the middle of the table. You have 'raised the stakes'.
Perhaps the question was 'Should we close this particular uranium mine', and the minister has said 'Perhaps we should close them all'. He has raised the importance or risk of what must be decided.
It's h
Consider this image. You are playing cards for money. You have good cards, so you put more of your money into the middle of the table. You have 'raised the stakes'.
Perhaps the question was 'Should we close this particular uranium mine', and the minister has said 'Perhaps we should close them all'. He has raised the importance or risk of what must be decided.
It's h
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