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Newguest Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

So far as looks go

Hi

They were, so far as looks go, many years older.

Does it mean the same as "by looking at them" or "at first glance" or something else???

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Hi, The basic idea is that they looked many years older, but there is an implication that in other ways, eg in their behaviour, they did not seem older, Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, The basic idea is that they looked many years older, but there is an implication that in other ways, eg in their behaviour, they did not seem older, Clive
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Hi,

The basic idea is that they looked many years older, but there is an implication that in other ways, eg in their behaviour, they did not seem older,

Clive
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