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Could you tell me, is it normal to say, "The little boy lost his principal in the game"? I used 'principal' meaning 'capital'....Thank you in advance.

Fivejedjon · Accepted Answer

The sentence makes no sense with either word.

Anonymous · Answer

Okay... Could you suppose, what can be lost in a game by children? Priority? Also this word should go with 'legal', e.g. considering business. 'To retain a legal ... '?
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Fivejedjon · Answer

AnonymousCould you suppose, what can be lost in a game by children? Priority?

What sort of game are you talking about, and what exactly are the children losing? Normally, if one loses a game, one just loses.One may lose confidence in oneself, or lose face. Is that what you mean?

Anonymous Also this word should go with 'legal', e.g. considering business. 'To retain a legal ... '?

Please start a new thread for this unrelated question.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Anonymous Could you suppose, what can be lost in a game by children?

From chapter 2, "Adventures of Tom Sawyer", Tom cleaned the clock of many of his friends in a game of deception and trickery.

And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth. He had besides the things before mentioned, twelve marbles, part of a jews-harp, a piece of blue bottle-glass to look through, a spool cannon, a key that wouldn't unlock anything, a fragment of chalk, a glass stopper of a decanter, a tin soldier, a couple of tadpoles, six fire-crackers, a kitten with only one eye, a brass door-****, a dog-collar—but no dog—the handle of a knife, four pieces of orange-peel, and a dilapidated old window sash.

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