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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

" to speak of"

Hi everybody!
Very pleased to meet you all,my name is Zoe.
Since I couldn't get much sleep, I decided to ask you a question.
I once heard this statement in a film and it was like" ...he left her with 4 children and no income to speak of"
I've been wondering about it for a long time indeed:,does that mean she's so miserable,4 children to raise,please let's not talk about her incomes or it's more like she has no income at all?
I'm trying to sound as much English as I could but in fact I can not because I'm italian.
Thanks for your attention
  

Top answer

Hi, . . no income to speak of No income worth mentioning, ie very little.

— Clive

  • Hi, .
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  • no income to speak of No income worth mentioning, ie very little.
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Hi,

. . . .no income to speak of No income worth mentioning, ie very little. .

Clive
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Hi Clive,
thank you for your answer.
My interpretations were misleading then, well thank you for letting me know that:-)
Just another question: could you tell me if I wrote something that an english speakeraggi would definetely never use?
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Sorry, I meant an english speaker but my I pod suddenly decided to go mad and made that word up!
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