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Rezaenglish Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

To move around

At a real estate office

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Agent: So you do want the large four-bedroom house after all.
Man: No, it's too small as well. It's still not big enough.
Agent: But it's our biggest house.
Ah, but you need lots of room, I suppose.
Man: No, I just need four rooms.
Agent: No, I mean room, space, lots of space,
lots of room to move around.
Man: Oh, yes I do need lots of room.

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Is "move around" a phrase in this sentence and what does it mean?


Thank you

  

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To "move around" means to repeatedly or successively move from one position or location to another, in this case within the house. : We walked around for several hours, looking for him. The children ran around on the beach.

  • To "move around" means to repeatedly or successively move from one position or location to another, in this case within the house.
  • : We walked around for several hours, looking for him.
  • The children ran around on the beach.
  • The ball bounced around in the England penalty area.
  • We can also use "about" with similar meaning.
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To "move around" means to repeatedly or successively move from one position or location to another, in this case within the house. We use "around" adverbially with verbs of motion to express this idea of going from position to position or place to place; e.g.:

We walked around for several hours, looking for him.
The children ran around on the beach.
The ball boun

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