When to use the word "begrudge"

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Hallo everyone,I still can't understand the word "Begrudge" and still don't know when and how to use it.Do help me out and thank you so much for your time.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Have a look here. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/begrudge

If you want to try to write a few sentences, I'd be happy to check them for you.

Clive

Cathyregar · Answer

Hallo Clive,

Thanks for your explanation.

The meaning of begrudge is envy, so can i use it in a sentence such as;

- I don't begrudge Sarah's money/success. I am contented with what I've had.

The second one is to give of allow (something) in a reclutant or unwilling way.

-I begrudge every pennies I've given to my brother.

Are the sentences correct or I still don't understand it quite well?

Clive · Answer

Hi,

The meaning of begrudge is envy, so can i use it in a sentence such as;

- I don't begrudge Sarah's money/success. I am contented with what I've had.

When the person envied (ie Sarah) is mentioned, the usual form is

begrudge someone something

eg I don't begrudge Sarah her success.

The second one is to give of allow (something) in a reclutant or unwilling way.

-I begrudge every penny I've given to my brother. OK

Clive

Cathyregar · Answer

Clive,

Thank you so much for your explanation. Could you do me a favour? Would you glance over my writing below and correct the mistake I've made? I am still facing difficulties with grammar and syntax.

Thank you so much, Clive, for your time and I appreciate all the help you can give me.

A few weeks ago we bought Mitchel a second-hand bike, since he needed a bigger one. It is a second-hand bicycle but he didn't get the meaning of it, so he's been told his classmates and everyone he's met that the bike was brandnew. He is definitely pleased with it and has rode on it ever since to his school and everywhere else.

Mitchel had been badgering us to buy him a water bottle which suited the bike. I think he would have loved to feign as a professional biker. We promised him that he will be having one if he has passed his swimming test, which he will be doing it in a few weeks to come. Of course he totally refused to understand that and he kept grilling us for few days, but he finally quit whining when we bought him a cycle helmet.
Last week, the inevitable happened. As we led our bike out the shed, my bike hit his. For a second he just stood there with agape in his mouth, shot me a scowl and suddenly he made a muffled cry, and before I knew it he was bawling at me. Gosh, I had never seen him so furious before. He mumbled, murmured and cried about his new bike being damage. I tried my very best to pacify him, saying that his bike was okay and I didn't leave any scars on the bike, and if I did no one could ever find out since that was a new bike. Eventually, he did buy what I told him. I heaved a sigh of relief when he stopped crying and to cheered him up I had allow him to have a sweet.

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