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What does “harm any animals” mean?
English vocabulary: harm animals = hurt animals. A classic 1942 cartoon: Elmer catches a rabbit… then a telegram says: “You don't get one cent if you harm any animals.” • harm = hurt • not one cent = no money at all • What's up, Doc? = Hi, what's happening? • in my will = my money goes to you after I die • Elmer says W for R: wabbit = rabbit. Your turn: make a sentence with “harm”
What it means
- English from a 1942 cartoon What does “harm any animals” mean?
- You don't get one cent if you harm any animals. harm = hurt · not one cent = no money at all
- Eh, what's up, Doc? A funny way to say: Hi, what's happening?
- I'm leaving you three million dollars in my will. will = a paper that says who gets your money after you die
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In “harm any animals”, harm means…
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Why does Elmer let the rabbit go?
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