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To be "Burnt at the Stake" is to be tied to a piece of wood pounded in the ground (A "Stake") and to be lit on fire. Burning at the stake is is when someone is tied to a wooden stake and the stake is set on fire. You burn to death.
he means that he has a chain attached to him, which is attached to a stake presumably in the ground.
Yes and no. The people who ultimately killed Joan were ethnic French who supported the British. She was burned at the stake in Rouen market on May 30, 1431 on a trumped up charge of heresy.
Stake Out was created on 2001-11-12.
Burned at the Stake was created in 1981.
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What is mean by Stake
To be "Burnt at the Stake" is to be tied to a piece of wood pounded in the ground (A "Stake") and to be lit on fire. Burning at the stake is is when someone is tied to a wooden stake and the stake is set on fire. You burn to death.
George and Lennie are trying to raise a stake in order to fulfill their dream of owning their own piece of land and living independently. They hope to break free from their current lifestyle of moving from job to job as itinerant workers and achieve a sense of stability and security.
Stake
It's not an idiom. The definition of "at stake" is what is being risked in the situation or venture. A stake is a share or ownership in something.
We lost one stake and we need it to put up the tent.
On a survey stake it reads: 5' EC ER TC = Fl. What does this mean?
he means that he has a chain attached to him, which is attached to a stake presumably in the ground.
You Shove It Up.
Yes, it is the best way to keep the fruit clean.
"Betting" is the process of placing a stake on something in order to predict an outcome of a particular situation.