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What's the meaning of "had had" in the following text?
“She left and watched indignantly for a few seconds from the kitchen door. The boy finally picked his hamburger up. He raised it half-way to his mouth and then put it down again. He picked it up and put it down twice without biting into it. Then he pulled his hat down and sat there, his arms folded. She had had enough and closed the door.”
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What's the meaning of "had had" in the following text?
“She left and watched indignantly for a few seconds from the kitchen door. The boy finally picked his hamburger up. He raised it half-way to his mouth and then put it down again. He picked it up and put it down twice without biting into it. Then he pulled his hat down and sat there, his arms folded. She had had enough and closed the door.”
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" She had had enough. - she was tired of the boy's actions.
- " She had had enough.
- - she was tired of the boy's actions.
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She had had enough and closed the door.”
It is the past perfect tense of the verb "have."
She had had enough. - she was tired of the boy's actions.
It is the past perfect tense of the verb "have."
She had had enough. - she was tired of the boy's actions.
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"To have enough of something" is an idiom when used this way. It means that you can't tolerate any more of someone's behavior.
We also say, "I'm sick of it."; I've had my fill of it."
We use both the present perfect and the past perfect: I've had enough. I had had enough.
The past perfect is used here to show that her "decision" occurred prior to a past tense event (clo
We also say, "I'm sick of it."; I've had my fill of it."
We use both the present perfect and the past perfect: I've had enough. I had had enough.
The past perfect is used here to show that her "decision" occurred prior to a past tense event (clo
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