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Mirmohamad Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
by this very shop
Could you please explain about "by this very shop" at the conversation below, I didn't get it.
Sue: Well, we don't call it a 'bowler' here at lock's, we call it a 'cock hat' because it was invented in 1850 for Thomas Cock... .
Richard: ... by this very shop
sue: by this very shop and we still call it a 'cock' to this day.
Sue: Well, we don't call it a 'bowler' here at lock's, we call it a 'cock hat' because it was invented in 1850 for Thomas Cock... .
Richard: ... by this very shop
sue: by this very shop and we still call it a 'cock' to this day.
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mirmohamad by this very shop = at this shop right here!
- mirmohamad by this very shop = at this shop right here!
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But why is it used "very"?
does it mean "Right" as you said to me?
does it mean "Right" as you said to me?
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mirmohamadBut why is it used "very"?Very is an emphatic word adding not only emphasis (!) but certainty.
It was at this very place that the minister was assassinated. (Exactly the place where we are standing.)
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