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Scottish Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

About

Dear teacher,

I searched "About" a lot on online dictionries but not found use of "About" in this way before coming a verb, in the sentence below.

Please make me understand the sentence below.


If this happens to her, you can just about hold his hand that moment.


Thanking you

Scottish

  

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Consider these examples. You can just about hold his hand. You can hold his hand but you can't really do more than that.

  • Consider these examples.
  • You can just about hold his hand.
  • You can hold his hand but you can't really do more than that.
  • She's just about as tall as me.
  • She's approximately as tall as me, but she isn't any taller than me.
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Consider these examples.

You can just about hold his hand. You can hold his hand but you can't really do more than that.

She's just about as tall as me. She's approximately as tall as me, but she isn't any taller than me.

Tom's just about finished his dinner. He's almost finished. He''s nearly finished.

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