Смысл: grubstake 
grubstake 1. [ʹgrʌbsteık] n амер. разг.
<Í> 1) деньги, провизия и снаряжение, выдаваемые изыскателюили старателю за право получения определённой части предполагаемых находок
2) аванс, выдаваемый для какого-л. предприятия
2.[ʹgrʌbsteık] v амер. разг.
<Í> давать деньги, материалыи т. п. [см. тж.
<Í> 1) деньги, провизия и снаряжение, выдаваемые изыскателю
2) аванс, выдаваемый для какого-л. предприятия
2.
<Í> давать деньги, материалы
stake Идиома
at stake
make a mistake
pull up stakes
stake
by mistake
I took his book by mistake．我错拿了他的书。
have a stake in
The manager is worried over the decline in the business at the company．As a big shareholder he has quite a stake in it．经理对公司的生意萧条甚为忧虑。作为一个大股东，他跟公司有着密切的利害关系。
mistake for
She mistook him for your brother．她误认为他是你哥哥。
She looks so young that people often mistake her for her daughter．她非常年轻，人们经常把她误认为是她女儿。
stake out
They've set aside a small area as a children's playground，and staked ut out．他们划出一小块空地作为孩子们的游戏场，四周立柱为界。
They staked out the area on which they intended to build．他们在准备建房的地方钉了标桩。
stake a claim
Idiom(s): stake a claim (to sth)Theme: OWNERSHIP - CLAIM
to lay or make a claim for something. (Informal.)
• I want to stake a claim to that last piece of pie.
• You don't need to stake a claim. Just ask politely.
mistake sb for sb else
Idiom(s): mistake someone for someone else AND mix someone up with someone elseTheme: IDENTIFICATION
to confuse someone with someone else; to think that one person is another person.
• I'm sorry. I mistook you for John.
• Tom is always mistaking Bill for me. We don't look a thing alike, though.
• Try not to mix Bill up with Bob.
make no mistake about it
Idiom(s): make no mistake (about it)Theme: CERTAINTY
without a doubt; certainly. (Informal.)
• This car is a great buy. Make no mistake about it.
• We support your candidacy—make no mistake.
burn sb at the stake
Idiom(s): burn sb at the stakeTheme: PUNISHMENT
to set fire to a person tied to a post (as a form of execution).
• They used to burn witches at the stake.
• Look, officer, I only ran a stop sign. What are you going to do, burn me at the stake?
at stake|stake
adj. phr. Depending, like a bet, on the outcome of something uncertain; in a position to be lost or gained. The team played hard because the championship of the state was at stake. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more at stake.Compare: HANG IN THE BALANCE.
by mistake|mistake
adv. phr. As the result of a mistake; through error. He picked up the wrong hat by mistake.pull up stakes|pull|pull up
v. phr., informal To leave the place where you have been living. We are going to pull up stakes and move to California. The Jones family pulled up stakes three times in two years.stake a claim|claim|stake
v. phr. 1. To claim ownership of land by driving stakes to show boundaries. The gold hunters staked claims in the West. 2. informal To claim a person or thing as your own by some sign. Usually used with "on". George staked a claim on Dianne by giving her his class ring.burn at the stake
burn at the stakeExecute someone by tying to a stake and burning; also, punish severely. This expression refers to a method used in the Middle Ages for putting heretics to death, but now it is used as a hyperbolic metaphor for harsh punishment, as in She was sure she'd be burned at the stake for losing the contract. In fact, the stake can be used loosely for any extreme punishment. William Makepeace Thackeray so used it in Henry Esmond (1852): “'I know I would go to the stake for you,' said Harry.”
make no mistake
make no mistakeHave no doubt, certainly, as in Make no mistake—I'll vote Republican no matter who runs. [Mid-1800s] Also see get someone wrong.
mistake
mistakeIn addition to the idiom beginning with mistake, also see by mistake; make no mistake.
the stake
the stakesee burn at the stake.
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