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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
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What means "worn out with care" ?

Hello,
I 've found this sentence in a translation. And understand all the words but I cannot understand its meaning :
"In prison I'm worn out with care"
worn out is, I suppose, "worn-out", which means "exhausted". "with care" is closed to "with attention", like in the expression "with the greatest care"...
So for me (and my poor English), it sounds like "In Prison I am exhausted with care" ?! I think it's not the real meaning (because it sounds like a non-sense), but then what is the meaning of "with care" in this context ? Can someone help ?
Thanks !
  

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[nq:1]Hello, I 've found this sentence in a translation. And understand all the words but I cannot understand its meaning ... non-sense), but then what is the meaning of "with care" in this context ?

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  • [nq:1]Hello, I 've found this sentence in a translation.
  • And understand all the words but I cannot understand its meaning ...
  • non-sense), but then what is the meaning of "with care" in this context ?
  • Can someone help ?
  • [/nq] There are other meanings of care.
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[nq:1]Hello, I 've found this sentence in a translation. And understand all the words but I cannot understand its meaning ... non-sense), but then what is the meaning of "with care" in this context ? Can someone help ? Thanks ![/nq]
There are other meanings of care.
See http://dictionary.reference.com/se
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Thank you very much for your help, Peter. "care" seems to have the meaning of "grief" (a sense of injustice) in the whole context. I make sense now. I didn't know this meaning of the word, and my dictionary was not as clear as yours...
Gratefully !
-)
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