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What's the meaning of "as near as I can make out"?
Very faint, very slow. Seems to be coming from about 60 or 70 bodies,as near as I can make out.
22 de ago. de 2013 13:44
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I think that the expression you want is "as far as I can make out", meaning, to the best of my ability to see something in the circumstances.
22 de agosto de 2013
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It's an interesting use of the phrasal verb "make out" (which has several meanings anyway).
The full phrase is "to make out X in the Y". This means that Y is obscuring X in some way, and so it's difficult to see X. But you can... just barely.
"I can make out a house in the distance."
"She finally made out a silhouette in the darkness."
"Soon, the captain made out a ship in the fog."
"As near as I can make out" suggests that it is difficult to get accurate information (something is obscuring it), but with some effort, it can be seen/understood.
22 de agosto de 2013
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