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   Gleb Hlebov to All   
   Badly off   
   24 Jan 25 11:49:23   
   
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   CHRS: CP866 2   
   TID: hpt/w64-mvcdll 1.9 2024-03-02   
   Hi All,   
      
   I've been looking up some definitions of the word "off" (which does have   
   plenty) and one of the examples is this:   
      
       Definition: [adverb] having access to or possession of material goods   
       or wealth to the extent specified.   
       Example: we'd been rather badly off for books   
      
   "We'd been rather badly off for books", as far as I can see, is something   
   along the lines of either   
       1: "We hadn't got enough money to afford buying books", or   
       2: "We had been having a shortage of books"   
      
   Somehow I'm thinking of the second one to be true.   
   Which one is more realistic to you?   
      
      
   ... A great deal of money is never enough once you have it   
   --- GoldED+/W64-MSVC   
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