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• All She Was Worth — infobox Book | name = All She Was Worth title orig = translator = Alfred Birnbaum image caption = author = Miyuki Miyabe illustrator = cover artist = country = Japan language = Japanese series = genre = Crime novel publisher = Mariner Books (Eng …   Wikipedia

• worth while — worth while, worthwhile The traditional distinction is to use the two word form predicatively (i.e. after a verb, as in The experiment was worth while) and the one word form attributively (i.e. before a noun, as in a worthwhile experiment).… …   Modern English usage

• worth one's salt — {adj. phr.} Being a good worker, or a productive person; worth what you cost. * /Mr. Brown showed that he was worth his salt as a salesman when he got the highest sales record for the year./ Often used with not or hardly . * /When the basketball… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• worth one's salt — {adj. phr.} Being a good worker, or a productive person; worth what you cost. * /Mr. Brown showed that he was worth his salt as a salesman when he got the highest sales record for the year./ Often used with not or hardly . * /When the basketball… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• worth — worth1 [ wɜrθ ] adjective Worth usually follows the verb to be and is always followed by either a noun, pronoun, or number, or by the ing form of a verb: The painting is probably worth thousands of dollars. It was a difficult trip, but it was… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• worth — I UK [wɜː(r)θ] / US [wɜrθ] adjective *** Summary: Worth usually follows the verb to be and is always followed by either a noun, pronoun, or number, or by the ing form of a verb: The painting is probably worth thousands of pounds. ♦ It was a… …   English dictionary

• worth — worth1 W2S1 [wə:θ US wə:rθ] prep [: Old English; Origin: weorth worthy, of a particular value ] 1.) be worth sth a) to have a value in money ▪ The house must be worth quite a lot of money now. ▪ One of the pictures is worth £50,000. ▪ Do you know …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• worth — [[t]wɜ͟ː(r)θ[/t]] ♦♦ 1) v link worth amount If something is worth a particular amount of money, it can be sold for that amount or is considered to have that value. These books might be worth ₤80 or ₤90 or more to a collector... His mother… …   English dictionary

• worth — 1 preposition 1 be worth to have a value in money: How much is the ring worth? | be worth 10/$500 etc: The picture is worth about two thousand pounds. | be worth a lot informal (=be worth a lot of money) | be worth nothing/not be worth anything:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• worth*/*/*/ — [wɜːθ] adj I 1) if you say how much something is worth, you state its value in money How much do you reckon the house is worth?[/ex] a Gucci watch worth £1, 000[/ex] 2) used for saying that there is a good enough reason for doing something,… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• worth it — (it s well) worth it 1. it is useful or important. Writing the book is a lot of work, and there are times when Hart wonders if the effort is worth it. If you want to have a good time traveling, it s well worth it to spend time reading guidebooks… …   New idioms dictionary