Meaning of thirty-second version?
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What is the meaning of thirty - second version in the following text?
The guard nodded. "Any idea what is going on?"
"Drugs. " Stone gave him the thirty-second version and ended with, "And Josh was murdered because he'd found out. "
Please note that the concept is more or less clear to me. What I don't understand is the meaning of version in the text.
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"The 30-second version," apparently means the quick recap of what happened, that can be said in 30 seconds, as opposed to the much longer version, which might take several minutes to explain.
- "The 30-second version," apparently means the quick recap of what happened, that can be said in 30 seconds, as opposed to the much longer version, which might take several minutes to explain.
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"The 30-second version," apparently means the quick recap of what happened, that can be said in 30 seconds, as opposed to the much longer version, which might take several minutes to explain.
0version: A particular form of something differing in certain respects from an earlier form or other forms of the same type of thing.
(https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/version)
"the thirty-second version" is interestingly ambiguous. It could mean a shortened or
0It just means he gives him a very brief summary of what is going on.
Think of it this way.
There is a four-hour version.
There is a one-hour version.
There is a one-minute version.
etc.
There are many versions. This is the 30-second version.
Clive
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