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Ali.h Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Vicinity

i heard a guy on the bus say to his girlfriend: "i used to be in the vicinity of 150 lbs", but doesn't the word vicinity only refer to closeness of land?!
  

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"in the vicinity of" can mean "close to" in other senses too. The sentence you quote is OK. It means "around 150 lbs" or "approximately 150 lbs".

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  • "in the vicinity of" can mean "close to" in other senses too.
  • The sentence you quote is OK.
  • It means "around 150 lbs" or "approximately 150 lbs".
  • Again, remember that the word "I" is always capitalised.
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"in the vicinity of" can mean "close to" in other senses too. The sentence you quote is OK. It means "around 150 lbs" or "approximately 150 lbs".

Again, remember that the word "I" is always capitalised.
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