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Bình Đặng Posted 4 years ago
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What does 'the swimming-pool rich' in the passage mean?

To the best of my understanding, it means the super rich, doesn't it?

  

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ng To the best of my understanding, it means the super rich, doesn't it? No. It helps to have seen the movie, which is a classic.

  • ng To the best of my understanding, it means the super rich, doesn't it?
  • No.
  • It helps to have seen the movie, which is a classic.
  • It means more like the nouveau riche.
  • They are the suburban people who have enough money to own a swimming pool, which does not make them really "rich" rich—not even rich enough to be nouveau riche but with the same shortcomings of style.
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Bình Ð?ngTo the best of my understanding, it means the super rich, doesn't it?

No. It helps to have seen the movie, which is a classic. It means more like the nouveau riche. They are the suburban people who have enough money to own a swimming pool, which does not make them really "rich" rich—not even rich enough to be nouveau riche but with the same shortco

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