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Q: What does "ought to make a good thing out of this" mean?

Pasta AddictI would like to know what "ought to make a good thing out of this" means in the following sentences: His utterance of the name ‘Mr Fadge’ sufficiently intimated that he had some cause of personal discontent with the editor of The Study. ‘The author,’ remarked Milvain, ‘ought to make a go...

 
 
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5:44 PM
@GarethRees That makes sense. @Randal'Thor Any objections?
 
5:56 PM
The first revision certainly looks more on topic.
 
It would still need to be edited to make more explicit that "present" refers to Victorian times.
 
6:09 PM
The edit is "in the mail".
 
6:28 PM
A short story worth reading: "The Propagater", by Simone Kern
 

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