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Stenka25 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
A tricky sentence
The sentence is from the following website.
I’m not sure about the meaning of the underlined part.
Can you tell me what it means?
http://www.epubbud.com/read.php?g=H8AVF5J5&p=6
Of course, it is possible to be rich and unhappy, as many a celebrity gloriously reminds us. Of course, it is possible to get rich and find that you are unhappy not to be richer still, if only because the neighbour – or the people on television – are richer than you are.
Let me tell you what I think.
In a way it seems like the following.
You get unhappy because you are not richer still, and if asked about the only reason, I’d say the neighbour – or the people on television – are richer than you are.
In another way it also seems like the following.
You get unhappy because you are richer still, and if asked about the only reason, I’d say the neighbour – or the people on television – are richer than you are.
Can you tell me which is right?
And if neither is right. Can you tell me the right meaning?
I’m not sure about the meaning of the underlined part.
Can you tell me what it means?
http://www.epubbud.com/read.php?g=H8AVF5J5&p=6
Of course, it is possible to be rich and unhappy, as many a celebrity gloriously reminds us. Of course, it is possible to get rich and find that you are unhappy not to be richer still, if only because the neighbour – or the people on television – are richer than you are.
Let me tell you what I think.
In a way it seems like the following.
You get unhappy because you are not richer still, and if asked about the only reason, I’d say the neighbour – or the people on television – are richer than you are.
In another way it also seems like the following.
You get unhappy because you are richer still, and if asked about the only reason, I’d say the neighbour – or the people on television – are richer than you are.
Can you tell me which is right?
And if neither is right. Can you tell me the right meaning?
Top answer
are richer than you are. = It is possible to get rich but to still be unhappy because you are not more rich—just because your neighbors are currently richer than you are.
- are richer than you are.
- = It is possible to get rich but to still be unhappy because you are not more rich—just because your neighbors are currently richer than you are.
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...it is possible to get rich and find that you are unhappy not to be richer still, if only because the neighbours...are richer than you are.
= It is possible to get rich but to still be unhappy because you are not more rich—just because your neighbors are currently richer than you are.
= It is possible to get rich but to still be unhappy because you are not more rich—just because your neighbors are currently richer than you are.
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