They want to raise a stake to buy their own piece of land and be able to work for themselves.
He and Lennie are saving up for their own stake
raise the stakes means increasing the importance or significance in matters
In the phrase "Your grades are at stake," the use of stake is in reference to gambling. The "stake" is the wager, or what is at risk in the bet. This use of stake is also found in "raise the stakes" and "sweepstakes."
That's a horrible question! Who would want to stake a vampire? Someone has issues...
The cast of The Last Stake - 1923 includes: Jose Collins as Rosina George Foley as Beppo Arthur Wontner as Guido
In OF Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie was given the last name Small. Steinbeck throughly defines Lennie as a muscular, large, and powerful person. The fact that his last name is the total opposite of his physical characteristics is complete and total irony.
George Soule has written: 'America's stake in Britain's future' 'Introduction to economic science' 'The coming American revolution'
It is a very tragic ending. Although he loved his friend dearly it was something that had to be done. It was either death from his friend or a possible lynching from the family of the dead girl.
If the root ball has lifted and the main roots are in reasonable condition you can raise it back to its original position and stake it well. Water it well throughout the next year and it MAY survive.
Candy is a man, an old man who works at the ranch in the story. He has an old sheepdog which another worker says should be put to sleep (killed). Candy also becomes a friend of George and Lennie, the main characters in the play.
The homophones of "stake" are "steak" and "stake."
there was lot of things at Stake. Gamblers put everything at Stake.