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От : Mike Powell 1:2320/105 24 янв 25 10:10:00
К : GLEB HLEBOV 24 янв 25 18:36:01
Тема : Badly off
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> I`ve been looking up some definitions of the word "off" (which does have
> plenty) and one of the examples is this:
> Definition: [adverb] having access to or possession of material goods
> or wealth to the extent specified.
> Example: we`d been rather badly off for books
> "We`d been rather badly off for books", as far as I can see, is something alon
> the lines of either
> 1: "We hadn`t got enough money to afford buying books", or
> 2: "We had been having a shortage of books"
> Somehow I`m thinking of the second one to be true.
> Which one is more realistic to you?
As an English speaker, I am not sure what they were trying to say there - "we`d
been rather badly off for books." Your guesses are as good as mine. I
would add that they could mean their "accounting books," which might mean that
they have fallen behind in their payments or have fallen into debt.
Examples I would use for that definition of "off" would be:
"They are financially rather well off." -- they have plenty of money
"They are rather well off." -- implies the same thing, plenty of money
"They are not well off." -- implies that they are not doing well financially
Mike
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