Alexey86
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This is from Westworld s03e02 (14.39 - 14.55):
Maeve: They shot you.
Lee: Half a dozen times. Just happy they missed my heart.
Maeve: Cunning of you to make it so compact a target. How can you still work here after everything they've done?
Lee: Would you begrudge a man a living? And great benefits, much needed for all the surgeries?
I understand the meaning, but the pattern a noun + a participle as the verb complement is not familiar to me, or maybe I just can't remember it. Would you please explain to me the usage of the pattern?
P.S.: I've thought a bit about it, and now I'm not sure what the whole sentence means, since "begrudge" can provide two different meanings.
Maeve: They shot you.
Lee: Half a dozen times. Just happy they missed my heart.
Maeve: Cunning of you to make it so compact a target. How can you still work here after everything they've done?
Lee: Would you begrudge a man a living? And great benefits, much needed for all the surgeries?
I understand the meaning, but the pattern a noun + a participle as the verb complement is not familiar to me, or maybe I just can't remember it. Would you please explain to me the usage of the pattern?
P.S.: I've thought a bit about it, and now I'm not sure what the whole sentence means, since "begrudge" can provide two different meanings.
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