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Ahmedali111 Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

might as well

0 Could you please explain to us how to use the above phrase and also its meaning 0-
  

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02br 02br 00We might as well get going, since it looks like Peter won't be coming. (We could wait longer, we could cancel the trip, or we could leave now. 0-

— BarbaraPA

  • 02br 02br 00We might as well get going, since it looks like Peter won't be coming.
  • (We could wait longer, we could cancel the trip, or we could leave now.
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0If you consider all the options, this one is as good or better than the others.02br
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00We might as well get going, since it looks like Peter won't be coming. (We could wait longer, we could cancel the trip, or we could leave now. Given these choices, let's pick "leave now.")02br
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00Does that answer your question?0-
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0Yes , thank you . It explains one of the two cases suggested by Longman Dictionary. But the other meaning illustrated by these two examples which are not clear for me:02br
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00They might as well have a badge on them saying "steal me"/He might as well have been a million miles away0-
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0Hmm. That one is a little harder to put into words. 02br
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00It means that even though [whatever] was 01i00not 02i00the true, the way the person was acting or the way he looked, it was as though he were [whatever].02br
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00He was obviously NOT a million miles away, but he was not paying any attention and seemed to notice nothi
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