«Spotting a black cab parked near his home with the keys in ignition and needing to pay off a few household debts, Mr. Wilks jumped in and drove off. He worked the cab ranks of Victoria on the night shift. But four days later and 300 pounds the richer, the game was up.» / Lingvo Live

Мария Кораблеваasked for translation 3 years ago

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Spotting a black cab parked near his home with the keys in ignition and needing to pay off a few household debts, Mr. Wilks jumped in and drove off. He worked the cab ranks of Victoria on the night shift. But four days later and 300 pounds the richer, the game was up.

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grumbleradded a comment 3 years ago

300 pounds THE richer - интересный оборот. Думал, что неправильный, но ошибся.

🇺🇸 Uly 🐝added a comment 3 years ago

NOTE: you can omit the THE for the same meaning. Also interesting is the expression NONE THE WISER which is used when something happens and nobody even notices it: My father grounded me for getting a bad grade. But my classmate, Dmitry, was having the party to end all parties and I just HAD to go. So when my parents were asleep, I took my dad's car keys, rolled the car down the street in neutral, started it, went to the party and came home at 5am - just before he got up. He found the car in its place, the keys on the hook, me in bed and was none the wiser.

grumbleradded a comment 3 years ago

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Milana Kazakovaadded a comment 2 years ago

Заметив черное такси возле своего дома с ключами в замке зажигания и нуждаясь в том, чтобы погасить несколько домашних долгов, мистер Уилкс запрыгнул в него и уехал. Он работал в такси «Виктория» в ночную смену. Но четыре дня спустя, когда он стал богаче на 300 фунтов стерлингов, игра была окончена.

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