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Hasibul Alam Posted 11 years ago
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meaning of the whole sentence and what does all but means?

the detactive had been stymied and had all but given up on extracting an iota of evidence from her.
  

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Hasibul Alam T he det e ctive had been stymied and had all but given up on extracting an iota of evidence from her. The detective had been frustrated in trying to get her to talk and had almost given up on it. stymied ~ facing obstacles all but ~ almost ~ just about iota ~ a very small amount CJ

  • Hasibul Alam T he det e ctive had been stymied and had all but given up on extracting an iota of evidence from her.
  • The detective had been frustrated in trying to get her to talk and had almost given up on it.
  • stymied ~ facing obstacles all but ~ almost ~ just about iota ~ a very small amount CJ
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Hasibul Alam The detective had been stymied and had all but given up on extracting an iota of evidence from her.
The detective had been frustrated in trying to get her to talk and had almost given up on it.

stymied ~ facing obstacles
all but ~ almost ~ just about

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