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Pructus Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Worked ma a good deal

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Hello....

“work” in the below means “arrange” or “give”?

a. He worked me a good deal.
b. Worked me a good price for the special situation I was in.
  

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It's informal. It means give , but there was allegedly quite some effort that he made to do it. A good salesman will pretend that he really had to go out on a limb to get you a "special" discount, but that is just a good sales ploy to make you a happy customer.

  • It's informal.
  • It means give , but there was allegedly quite some effort that he made to do it.
  • A good salesman will pretend that he really had to go out on a limb to get you a "special" discount, but that is just a good sales ploy to make you a happy customer.
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It's informal.

It means give, but there was allegedly quite some effort that he made to do it.
A good salesman will pretend that he really had to go out on a limb to get you a "special" discount, but that is just a good sales ploy to make you a happy customer.
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