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Vocabulary
You are just afraid that...
A show man and his friend go to see a show by another person in the city. The showman seeing the situation of the woman in the show gets angry and leaves the salon. His friend tells him:
"You don't give a damn about the welfare of that woman in the show. You are just afraid that same crowd would pay money to stare at you."
Does the highlighted sentence mean
1. you are afraid that such a big crowd will not come to see your own show
or
2. you are afraid that the same foolish people will also come to see your own show
here is the source
"You don't give a damn about the welfare of that woman in the show. You are just afraid that same crowd would pay money to stare at you."
Does the highlighted sentence mean
1. you are afraid that such a big crowd will not come to see your own show
or
2. you are afraid that the same foolish people will also come to see your own show
here is the source
Top answer
"that same crowd would pay money to stare at you" is an undesirable thing in this case. They would be staring at him as if he was some kind of freak or weirdo. That is what he is afraid of (according to the speaker).
- "that same crowd would pay money to stare at you" is an undesirable thing in this case.
- They would be staring at him as if he was some kind of freak or weirdo.
- That is what he is afraid of (according to the speaker).
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"that same crowd would pay money to stare at you" is an undesirable thing in this case. They would be staring at him as if he was some kind of freak or weirdo. That is what he is afraid of (according to the speaker).
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