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What's the meaning of "that" in this sentence?
In the week to January 20th, his government burned through a quarter of its dollar reserves, leaving $3.5bn to cover loan repayments and imports that will probably come to more than twice ****that**** in the first quarter of the year.
2023年2月17日 00:40
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'That' refers to 'the $ amount of loan repayments and imports,' from the first quarter, in this case. I don't know the technical term for this, but 'that' is being used as placeholder...i.e. more concisely expressing the following:
'...to cover loan repayments and imports that will probably come to twice / the $ amount of loan repayments and imports/ from the first quarter of the year.
If you're a math person, 'that' in this case is like X, where X = the amount in $ of loan repayments and imports.
2023年2月17日
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"That" is a pronoun which refers to "$3.5bn." Loan repayments and imports will probably come to more than 2 x $3.5bn, or more than $7bn.
2023年2月17日
loan repayment
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