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От : Gleb Hlebov 2:5023/24.4222 31 янв 25 10:55:22
К : Mike Powell 31 янв 25 14:35:01
Тема : Badly off
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Hi Mike,
Fri 24 Jan 2025 at 10:10, you wrote to me:
>> "We`d been rather badly off for books", as far as I can see, is
>> something along 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"
MP> As an English speaker, I am not sure what they were trying to say
MP> there - "we`d been rather badly off for books." Your guesses are as
MP> good as mine. I would add that they could mean their "accounting
MP> books," which might mean that they have fallen behind in their
MP> payments or have fallen into debt.
I`ve checked and it turns out that "badly off" means the opposite
of "well off", according to both M.-W. and Cambridge dictionaries. Seems
like it`s mostly british. So, #1 is a good guess still. :-)
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