worth
/wɝθ/ adjective B1- Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for. · Cleanliness is a virtue worth more than others.· A painting once thought to be worth thousands that is actually not worth much.
- Deserving of. · This rickety beater of a car isn’t worth repairing anymore.· He found going to the Edinburgh Castle was worth it.
- Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating. · This job is hardly worth the effort.
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And she said if the foundation was shaky we could never build anything really worth while on it.
However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly.”
Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.’
It was worth while, truly,” added the young man with a melancholy smile, “to make war against the English for ten years, and to die in his bed at last, like everybody else.”
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