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Reply Wed 12 Aug, 2009 12:22 am
A lady gave a five-minute introduction of this year's Summer Festival, at the end, she said" Well, that's all I've time for today." Does "I've time" refer to "I have time" here? Does that mean"Well, that's all time for me today."?



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aidan
 
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Reply Wed 12 Aug, 2009 01:15 am
@jinmin1988,
Yes- I've is a contraction that means, 'I have' so she's saying, 'That's all I have time for today' .
But I don't think it means this: "Well, that's all time for me today."? (although I don't really understand what that means, so that why I've written that I don't THINK it means that- in other words, I don't know for sure, as I don't really understand that phrase myself).
Francis
 
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Reply Wed 12 Aug, 2009 06:53 am
@aidan,
What about reading: - That's all I've time for, today?
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sullyfish6
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Reply Wed 12 Aug, 2009 07:17 am
Common- but old- fashioned - colloquialism:

Well, that's all I've time for today."

Well, that's all I've spent for today.

Well, that's all I've talked for today.

Means: that's my limit; that's all I have for that.


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JTT
 
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Reply Wed 12 Aug, 2009 09:46 am
@jinmin1988,
Well, that's all I've time for today. = Well, that's all I've got time for today.

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