Made a fortune?

[Katarina]

Test No. incompl/inter-24 "What now?", question 4

Somebody once used her advice and made a ......... out of buying shares in a small company that did well.

(a) heap
(b) gold
(c) fortune
(d) amount

Test No. incompl/inter-24 "What now?", answer 4

Somebody once used her advice and made a fortune out of buying shares in a small company that did well.

Correct answer: (c) fortune

Your answer was: n/a
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What does it mean?
made fortune out

[Torsten]

Made a lot of money.

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[Nabilchamlal]

We can accept answer - heap- if we consider it as an old car and he is a constructor.

[Beeesneees]

No, we cannot accept the answer 'heap' as you suggest. You cannot make a car - even an old heap - out of shares!

It has been indicated in another thread that your level of English comprehension may not be as good as you think. This certainly appears to be the case.
I'm sure that given time it will improve, but at the moment all you are doing is confusing the issues under discussion.
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[Nabilchamlal]

You buy shares and you yield a profit then you buy tools and if you are a good mechanician , you can then make a car , but It has been indicated in another thread that your level of mechanical comprehension may not be as good as you think. This certainly appears to be the case here.
I'm sure that given time it will improve, but at the moment all you are doing is confusing the issues under discussion

[Expatcat]

Nabil, do you know the expression, trying to fit a square peg into a round hole?

[Beeesneees]

[Nabilchamlal]

A mechanician is a skilled person in design and care of machinery.

[Torsten]

Nabil, the word 'mechanician' does not exist in English. Also, the phrase 'a skilled person in design and care of machinery' doesn't exist in real English. You made that phrase up as well.

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[Beeesneees]

... and the second part of the question?
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[Nabilchamlal]

Hi torsen,

The truth is sterile, check your dictionary.

[Beeesneees]

Hi Torsten,

Namil seems to be relying rather heavily on the merits of Wikipedia as a 'dictionary':
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanician
It is a very dated term, fallen largely out of use, and certainly has no home in current dictionaries.

Namil - try consulting a verified, reputable dictionary instead of a webpage of a transient nature.

"The truth is sterile" - whilst you are using a verified, reputable dictionary, try looking up the word 'sterile'.
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[Nabilchamlal]

Heap is an old car, Mechancian is an old word , do you get it ?

[Beeesneees]

No. I think you are making excuses for your use of poor English.
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[Nabilchamlal]

You are right, you don’t know what’s does mean Mechancian without Wikipedia, this degree of evidence leads you, in kind of confused astonishment, to describe my language.