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Antonia Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Worth of stuff?
Hi!
I need help, AGAIN!
What does 'worth of stuff' mean in this context:
I read the last few days worth of stuff.
(There's been a murder. The detective has just been reading a diary of a victim, trying to find anything revealing in her diary. This is what he says to a partner after reading couple of victim's last days.)
I need help, AGAIN!
What does 'worth of stuff' mean in this context:
I read the last few days worth of stuff.
(There's been a murder. The detective has just been reading a diary of a victim, trying to find anything revealing in her diary. This is what he says to a partner after reading couple of victim's last days.)
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Hi, Antonia! I'd translate it as follows: "I read the entries (=the stuff) she wrote in the last few days before she was murdered"
- Hi, Antonia!
- I'd translate it as follows: "I read the entries (=the stuff) she wrote in the last few days before she was murdered"
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Hi, Antonia!
I'd translate it as follows: "I read the entries (=the stuff) she wrote in the last few days before she was murdered"
I'd translate it as follows: "I read the entries (=the stuff) she wrote in the last few days before she was murdered"
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So you think I should neglect worth of stuff in a sense: that entries of the last few days which were important? This is just a wild guess
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Yes... "Worth" here doesn't mean "important"; it's more like "related to the last few days" or "that was relevant to the last few days". The detective read only what she had written in these last few days, he didn't read the rest of the diary.
He doesn't say the stuff is worth something, it's the "quantity" of stuff written in the last days.
He doesn't say the stuff is worth something, it's the "quantity" of stuff written in the last days.
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The worth goes with days, not the of or stuff, and means that amount of quanitity. i.e.
7 days worth of food
£10 worth of sweets
7 days worth of food
£10 worth of sweets
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Thanks nona, I've seen 'worth' many times, but I've never thought about it's exact meaning in these contexts.
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