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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
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Here's nothing worth doing a man can do to keep his dignity

The judge won't scare easy.

I don't count on him scaring easy. You think it's beneath my dignity?

Well, you're governor, they tell me.

Yeah, I'm governor. The trouble with governors is they think they gotta keep their dignity. There's nothing worth doing a man can do to keep his dignity. Human frame ain't built that way. When I'm not governor anymore because I'm president... ...I wanna meet somebody at midnight, I'll do that then too.

[Transcript of "All the King's Men" (2006)]

I couldn't understand the bold sentence. Could you please me with it? Thanks.
  

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Jackson6612 I couldn't understand the bold sentence. Could you please me with it? That remains to be seen.

  • Jackson6612 I couldn't understand the bold sentence.
  • Could you please me with it?
  • That remains to be seen.
  • There's nothing worth doing a man can do to keep his dignity .
  • It does seem a little awkward.
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Jackson6612I couldn't understand the bold sentence. Could you please me with it?
That remains to be seen.
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AvangiCould you please me with it?
That remains to be seen. Emotion: geeked

Oh, actually I meant
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Hi,

Is it true that worth is only used when talking about money?

I was wondering if in English country, they utter this: Nothing is worth....
Nothing is worth a real massage. Why would you go out and buy a massage chair.

Thanks.
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AnonymousIs it true that worth is only used when talking about money?
No.
AnonymousNothing is worth a real massage.
No. Like this: Nothing is worth my spending a week in solitary confinement. Nothing is worth enduring Delhi in the summer.
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How do I convey that the massage is a good thing better than anything using Nothing is worth or any other way?
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A massage is worth more than anything else.
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Why would someone say the 2 examples you gave? What would be the sentences leading up to that?

Nothing is worth my spending a week in solitary confinement. Nothing is worth enduring Delhi in the summer.
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You'll get solitary confinement if you date the General's daughter — All right, I won't ask her out, then. Nothing is worth...

Now, you see if you can prefix the Delhi remark, Alex.

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