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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
Barely
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In the following text The word "barely" has been repeated in three instances and apparently with three different meanings. Could you be kind enough to expand a little bit on this?The text reads as follows:
The community had held a fund -raiser for him. Collected a few thousand bucks. It was all sitting in a bank account untouched. Taking the money would have seemed to him to be an act of betrayal for those he had lost, so the money sat, though he certainly could have used it. He was getting by, barely. But barely was all he needed. Because barely was all he was know
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In the following text The word "barely" has been repeated in three instances and apparently with three different meanings. Could you be kind enough to expand a little bit on this?The text reads as follows:
The community had held a fund -raiser for him. Collected a few thousand bucks. It was all sitting in a bank account untouched. Taking the money would have seemed to him to be an act of betrayal for those he had lost, so the money sat, though he certainly could have used it. He was getting by, barely. But barely was all he needed. Because barely was all he was know
Thanks
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It is the same meaning in all three places: only just (managing) Edit: I managed to read "barely was all he was know" as an error for "barely was all he knew", but actually it is an error for "barely was all he was now". In this case, the last "barely" may refer to something else about his state, but it is not possible to know what without knowing the whole story.
- It is the same meaning in all three places: only just (managing) Edit: I managed to read "barely was all he was know" as an error for "barely was all he knew", but actually it is an error for "barely was all he was now".
- In this case, the last "barely" may refer to something else about his state, but it is not possible to know what without knowing the whole story.
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It is the same meaning in all three places:
only just (managing)
Edit: I managed to read "barely was all he was know" as an error for "barely was all he knew", but actually it is an error for "barely was all he was now". In this case, the last "barely" may refer to something else about his state, but it is not possible to know what without knowing the whole story.
only just (managing)
Edit: I managed to read "barely was all he was know" as an error for "barely was all he knew", but actually it is an error for "barely was all he was now". In this case, the last "barely" may refer to something else about his state, but it is not possible to know what without knowing the whole story.
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Thanks for reply.You are right .The correct word is now instead of know.Please also note that the word barely in the last sentence is printed in italic font in the original text.thanks again and sorry for the typing error.
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