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Hhtt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

strike that satisfactory average of income

"Jim and Irene Westcott were the kind of people who seem to strike that satisfactory average of income, endeavor, and respectability."

Would you like to explain what "strike that satisfactory average of income" mean?

Thank you.

Source:More Modern Stories by Peter J W Taylor and based on thes story The Enermous Radio by John Cheever.
  

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hhtt"Jim and Irene Westcott were the kind of people who seem to [strike that satisfactory average] of income, endeavor, and respectability."
It's a variation of the standard "strike a balance."

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definit
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It means that they seemed to be at (or reach) a "sweet spot" in society - a pleasing balance of salary, ambition and respect from the community. Not too much or too little of any one of these.
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teechr hhtt"Jim and Irene Westcott were the kind of people who seem to [strike that satisfactory average] of income, endeavor, and respectability."It's a variation of the standard "strike a balance."http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/strike-a-ba
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hhttThen can we say that strike here means "make" or "catch" ?
No. It means that of all the possible arrangements, they hit on the right one. That might have been by pure luck.
As in the phrase "Strike it rich."
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hhtt: Then can we say that strike here means "make" or "catch" ?
AlpheccaStars: No. It means that of all the possible arrangements, they hit on the right one. That might have been by pure luck.As in the phrase "Strike it rich."
Strike it rich: 1. Find rich ore, oil etc.
2. Have a sudden or unexpected great success
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Do you mean that they might have struck that satisfactory average income by chance?

Maybe it just happened that way. Do you know anyone who has the goal of earning an average salary?
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Then saying "satisfactory" would be ridiculous or a mistake?

Thank you.
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hhttThen saying "satisfactory" would be ridiculous or a mistake?Thank you.
No.
Average salaries are satisfactory for meeting the average family's needs.
And "satisfactory" modifies the combination of income, respect and ambition, not just "income."
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Then should it not be "satisfactory average income" which implies that average incomes are satisfactory.

Thank you.
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hhttThen should it not be "satisfactory average income" which implies that average incomes are satisfactory.Thank you.
You did not understand the sentence, then.
It neither said nor implied that idea.
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