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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Trinkets

Hello.

Can you please help me understand this sentence from the TV show "Black Books"?

Manny: Well the thing here… uhh, takings… £370.
Bernard: That’s good.
Manny: Yeah but your outgoings were over £1200.
Bernard: Well… whores will have their trinkets.

What does that mean?

Thanks.
  

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Hi, Can you please help me understand this sentence from the TV show "Black Books"? Manny: Well the thing here… uhh, takings… £370. Bernard: That’s good.

— Clive

  • Hi, Can you please help me understand this sentence from the TV show "Black Books"?
  • Manny: Well the thing here… uhh, takings… £370.
  • Bernard: That’s good.
  • Manny: Yeah but your outgoings were over £1200.
  • Bernard: Well… whores will have their trinkets.
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Hi,
Can you please help me understand this sentence from the TV show "Black Books"?

Manny: Well the thing here… uhh, takings… £370.
Bernard: That’s good.
Manny: Yeah but your outgoings were over £1200.
Bernard: Well… whores will have their trinkets.

What does that mean?

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"will have" means "insist"?

I thought "will" refers to somthing in the future, does't it?

Thanks.
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Hi,

Think of 'will have' here as slightly idiomatic.

Clive
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Could you please give me another example with the same meaning of "will have" ?

Thanks a lot.
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Hi,

He will have his little joke. He insists on making little jokes. He loves little jokes. He has a habit of making little jokes.

You could say that 'will' here expresses a form of volition, meaning the exercise of a person's will. That's why we say things like 'he has a lot of willpower'.
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Thanks a lot!!!!

Clive, you're the best!
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even whores have their trinkets means, even whores have something of value, ie jewelry, ornaments ect

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