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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
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just that much

What does 'just that much' mean?
  

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contraposition What does 'just that much' mean? Any special context? If not, I'm sure you're capable of seeing that it means "exactly that amount" or "only that amount".

— CalifJim

  • contraposition What does 'just that much' mean?
  • Any special context?
  • If not, I'm sure you're capable of seeing that it means "exactly that amount" or "only that amount".
  • CJ
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contraposition What does 'just that much' mean?
Any special context? If not, I'm sure you're capable of seeing that it means "exactly that amount" or "only that amount".

CJ
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The risk of losing out financially is just that much less frightening than losing out on talent.
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contrapositionThe risk of losing out financially is just that much less frightening than losing out on talent.
Nothing previous in the text mentions anything about how frightening either of these losses might be?

The author may mean simply "an additional amount less frightening" (compared, as he says,to losing out on talent), but I would have thought
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The phrase "just that much" in the above sentence is equivalent to "a touch" or "a tad."
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/a-touch?q=a+touch

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