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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Hi,
What is the meaning of it took him the better part of five minutes in the following context:
It took him the better part of the five minutes, but he finally managed to stand with the chair and the saggy, stretched out duct tape still rapped around him. Thanks
  

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Anonymous What is the meaning of it took him the better part of five minutes almost 5 minutes

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AnonymousWhat is the meaning of it took him the better part of five minutes
almost 5 minutes
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It took him the better part of the five minutes, but he finally managed to stand with the chair and the saggy, stretched out duct tape still wrapped around him.


It took him almost 5 minutes..
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Thanks for the replies. What took him almost five minutes.What is "it" at the beginning of the text is referring to?. Or more precisely It took him almost five minutes to do what ?Thanks
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AnonymousIt took him almost five minutes to do what ?
to stand with the chair and the saggy, stretched-out duct tape still wrapped around him
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