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Do ngoc tien Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

That is just about as good as it gets.

Stunning just stunning from Barcelona as they pass and probe on the edge of the box before Messi curls an effort into the top corner. That is just about as good as it gets.
I don't understand the whole latter sentence "That is just about as good as it gets.",plz. ?
  

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It means, it's the best. It can't get any better than that, it's perfect. No player can do it better than Messi.

— Geoyo

  • It means, it's the best.
  • It can't get any better than that, it's perfect.
  • No player can do it better than Messi.
  • It means it's a very good football game.
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It means, it's the best. It can't get any better than that, it's perfect. No player can do it better than Messi. It means it's a very good football game.
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About the grammar of this sentence,what's the meaning of the word "about".Is it a adv ?
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"About" in this case is an adverb and means nearly, almost, circa, approximately, close to. So if you say "it's as good as it gets", you mean it's perfect, and when you say "it's ABOUT as good as it gets", you mean it's almost perfect, but not completely perfect.
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Thank you very much,I got it. And about the word "just" in this sentence?
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It's used in the sense of "simply". It means there is no need for further explanation because it's so good. It speaks for itself. In my opinion, the words "just" and "about" are more like filler words, they don't mean much. You can say "it's just about as good as it gets", but you can also say "it's as good as it gets". It essentially means the same.
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