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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:59 am Post subject: Charge |
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| The king showed Big Max a room full of rubies. He showed him a room full of gold. "Do you charge a lot?" asked the King, "Not that much," said Big Max. |
In the above,what does 'Do you charge a lot?' mean?
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MrPedantic
Joined: 02 Jan 2006
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Location: Southern England
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Hello CSL
It's difficult to say without more context; but it seems to mean "do you charge a large fee for your services?"
To which Bill replies "Not that much": which means both "I don't charge a a large fee", and (humorously) "I don't charge the equivalent of all the treasure you are showing me".
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MrP |
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