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Ahn Posted 19 years ago
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the true meaning of "It would be nerve-racking at best."
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00 This is a part of the national exam for selecting diplomats. 02 br
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00 This should be translated into Korean. And a question occurred to me when I read 'It would be never-racking at best', the red colored part. 02 br
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01 b 01 font 00 "The meaning of this sentence should be understood as <If it is the case, it will not be a just nerve-racking problem. It's very very serious problem in fact. >. Becuase it's the subjunctive mood' " 02 font 02 b 02 br
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00 Of course, he said in korean and I'm not sure if I explained what he pointed out right in engish. 02 br
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00 Anyway what I want to know is the actual meaning of this sentence in the context. 0-
01 font 00 If a successful longevity treatment were to emerge suddenly out of all the new developments of medical science, tacking on extra decades or even centuries to our lives, the results could be disastrous. It might very well be a case of the cure being worse than the disease. 02 font 02 h3
01 h301 font 00 This would be true even for the individuals lucky enough to receive the treatment. Presumably any treatment that confered long life would keep people generaly healthy, but the extra years would be a kind of medical balancing act. 02 font 01 font 00 It would be nerve-racking at best. 02 font 02 h3
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00 This is a part of the national exam for selecting diplomats. 02 br
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00 This should be translated into Korean. And a question occurred to me when I read 'It would be never-racking at best', the red colored part. 02 br
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00 The leturer said 02 br
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01 b 01 font 00 "The meaning of this sentence should be understood as <If it is the case, it will not be a just nerve-racking problem. It's very very serious problem in fact. >. Becuase it's the subjunctive mood' " 02 font 02 b 02 br
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00 Of course, he said in korean and I'm not sure if I explained what he pointed out right in engish. 02 br
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00 Anyway what I want to know is the actual meaning of this sentence in the context. 0-
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0 it means that even when you try to think of all the good things about it, it will be still nerve-racking. even if you eliminate other negative effects, it will be nerve-racking at least 0-
- 0 it means that even when you try to think of all the good things about it, it will be still nerve-racking.
- even if you eliminate other negative effects, it will be nerve-racking at least 0-
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0 it means that even when you try to think of all the good things about it, it will be still nerve-racking. even if you eliminate other negative effects, it will be nerve-racking at least 0-
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0 01 i 00 It/This were nerve-racking under the best of circumstances. 02 i 0-
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0 It would be nerve-racking at best. 02 br
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00 Even if the best result were obtained from such treatments, the individuals receiving such treatments (and the doctors administering them) would be extremely apprehensive that something might go wrong at any time. They would worry constantly that the treatments would someday fail, and that those being treated would die so
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00 Even if the best result were obtained from such treatments, the individuals receiving such treatments (and the doctors administering them) would be extremely apprehensive that something might go wrong at any time. They would worry constantly that the treatments would someday fail, and that those being treated would die so
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