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Yong kim Posted 9 years ago
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All you could afford

I would like to know the meaning of the next sentence.

But it's all you could afford.

  

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Dad gives only a very small allowance to his daughter. With the allowance, she buys him a very poor, small gift. She is criticising him for being so stingy.

  • Dad gives only a very small allowance to his daughter.
  • With the allowance, she buys him a very poor, small gift.
  • She is criticising him for being so stingy.
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Dad gives only a very small allowance to his daughter.

With the allowance, she buys him a very poor, small gift. She is criticising him for being so stingy.

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yong kimI would like to know the meaning of the next sentence.But it's all you could afford.

But it's all you could afford. ~ But you did not have enough money to buy a better gift (for yourself).

The joke is about the situation when dependent children buy gifts for their parents. Having no source of income of their own, they get the money to buy thos

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