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Dominique1313 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
..."Capacity"?
I am given the following phrase:
"In heaven, we will love each and every heavenly member to our best capacity."
What does this mean (?capacity?)? Is it same as saying "In heaven, we will love each and every heavenly member with our whole being"?
"In heaven, we will love each and every heavenly member to our best capacity."
What does this mean (?capacity?)? Is it same as saying "In heaven, we will love each and every heavenly member with our whole being"?
Top answer
"to our best capacity" = as much as we can
- "to our best capacity" = as much as we can
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Hello,
Thank you for your input.
If I re-phrase the given phrase to "In heaven, we will love each and every heavenly member with our whole being", would it have the same meaning? Or are the two phrases different?
Thank you for your input.
If I re-phrase the given phrase to "In heaven, we will love each and every heavenly member with our whole being", would it have the same meaning? Or are the two phrases different?
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Dominique1313If I re-phrase the given phrase to "In heaven, we will love each and every heavenly member with our whole being", would it have the same meaning? Or are the two phrases different?The meaning is not identical. "with our whole being" seems a bit stronger, and it also does not have quite the same sense of doing something to the limit of one's abilit
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Hello,
Thank you again for your second input.
It may sounds a bit silly to put it this way, but say, if the maximum amount of love that I can possibly give to some other being is 100 "units", is the original phrase saying that "In heaven, I will love each and every heavenly member with 100 units of love"?
Thank you again for your second input.
It may sounds a bit silly to put it this way, but say, if the maximum amount of love that I can possibly give to some other being is 100 "units", is the original phrase saying that "In heaven, I will love each and every heavenly member with 100 units of love"?
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Dominique1313It may sounds a bit silly to put it this way, but say, if the maximum amount of love that I can possibly give to some other being is 100 "units", is the original phrase saying that "In heaven, I will love each and every heavenly member with 100 units of love"?Yes, but without the stronger emphasis of "possibly".
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