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Enyacat Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

words in sentences from "Harry Potter"

hello! Anyone can help me?

1.He got himself captured, along with how many others, and failed to retrieve the prophecy into the bargain. --What does " into the bargain", especially "bargain" here mean? Why did the author use "how many" instead of "many"?
2.She quieted a little; slopping wine down herself, she took a shaky sip. --What does "slop" here mean? I don' think it means "guzzle" here, because there's the word "sip" followed.

The sentences are from "Harry Potter"

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how many others - this is a way of emphasising 'a lot of others'. It's as if it is too hard to count them. 'into the bargain' - this is an idiom meaning 'as well' with a hint of disgust?

— Nona the brit

  • how many others - this is a way of emphasising 'a lot of others'.
  • It's as if it is too hard to count them.
  • 'into the bargain' - this is an idiom meaning 'as well' with a hint of disgust?
  • 2.
  • to spill (in this context).
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how many others - this is a way of emphasising 'a lot of others'. It's as if it is too hard to count them.

'into the bargain' - this is an idiom meaning 'as well' with a hint of disgust?

2. to spill (in this context).
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Into the bargain
In addition, over and above what is expected
which, as Nona mentions, is
as well

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