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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The narrator recalls his adolescence.
He is an apprentice of the proctor, Mr. Spenlow.
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I asked Mr. Spenlow what he considered the best sort of professional business? He replied, that a good case of a disputed will, where there was a neat little estate of thirty or forty thousand pounds, was, perhaps, the best of all. In such a case, he said, not only were there very pretty pickings, in the way of arguments at every stage of the proceedings, and mountains upon mountains of evidence on interrogatory and counter-interrogatory (to say nothing of an appeal lying, first to the Delegates, and then to the Lords), but, the costs being pretty sure to come out of the estate at last, both sides went at it in a lively and spirited manner, and expense was no consideration.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know if the underlined participle phrase means "even though the costs is pretty sure to come out of the estate at last."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He is an apprentice of the proctor, Mr. Spenlow.
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I asked Mr. Spenlow what he considered the best sort of professional business? He replied, that a good case of a disputed will, where there was a neat little estate of thirty or forty thousand pounds, was, perhaps, the best of all. In such a case, he said, not only were there very pretty pickings, in the way of arguments at every stage of the proceedings, and mountains upon mountains of evidence on interrogatory and counter-interrogatory (to say nothing of an appeal lying, first to the Delegates, and then to the Lords), but, the costs being pretty sure to come out of the estate at last, both sides went at it in a lively and spirited manner, and expense was no consideration.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know if the underlined participle phrase means "even though the costs is pretty sure to come out of the estate at last."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
" No; ' because the costs will come out of the estate', so the lawyers are sure to be paid handsomely.
- " No; ' because the costs will come out of the estate', so the lawyers are sure to be paid handsomely.
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park sang joonI'd like to know if the underlined participle phrase means "even though the costs is pretty sure to come out of the estate at last."No; 'because the costs will come out of the estate', so the lawyers are sure to be paid handsomely.
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber, for your very helpful answer.
'because the costs will come out of the estate'
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park sang joonvery pretty pickings= lucrative by nature
park sang joonboth sides went at it in a lively and spirited manner, and expense was no consideration= both sides didn't care how much they had to pay
park sang joonthe costs being pretty sure to come out of the estate at last"
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