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   > 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   
   alon   
   > 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?   
      
   As an English speaker, I am not sure what they were trying to say there - "we'd   
   been rather badly off for books."  Your guesses are as good as mine.  I   
   would add that they could mean their "accounting books," which might mean that   
   they have fallen behind in their payments or have fallen into debt.   
      
   Examples I would use for that definition of "off" would be:   
      
   "They are financially rather well off." -- they have plenty of money   
   "They are rather well off." -- implies the same thing, plenty of money   
   "They are not well off." -- implies that they are not doing well financially   
      
      
   Mike   
      
      
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