10-Feb-2007, 12:21
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 Re: bent-on-one-thing eyes.
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Originally Posted by piousoul  Thanks, Bob for the extra knowledge.
Just to make sure of one thing, generally speaking, bent on doesn't necessarily refer to the collocations that involve something bad, right?
For example,
He is bent on winning at all costs.
Winning is not so bad for me, after all.
|  - but to me 'bent on winning at all costs' has a hint of badness about it - maybe it suggests an unhealthy obsession with winning. He had already lost all his money, but he was bent on winning at all costs; so he staked his house on the next hand of poker.
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