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what's the meaning of the sentence?

 
 
AKI1113
 
Reply Tue 8 Mar, 2011 04:09 am
I could have told him all this, but it was fairly obvious he wasn't going to be around long enough for it to matter.
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contrex
 
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Reply Tue 8 Mar, 2011 11:35 am
@AKI1113,
AKI1113 wrote:

I could have told him all this, but it was fairly obvious he wasn't going to be around long enough for it to matter.


The meaning is obvious.
OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Tue 8 Mar, 2011 11:37 am
@AKI1113,
AKI1113 wrote:
I could have told him all this, but it was fairly obvious he wasn't going to be around long enough for it to matter.
It means that the effort to tell him is not justified
by the short time that he 'd remain around.

His departure obviates the trouble of telling him.
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JTT
 
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Reply Tue 8 Mar, 2011 11:57 am
@contrex,
Aaaah, the English teacher.
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McTag
 
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Reply Tue 8 Mar, 2011 04:54 pm
@AKI1113,
"to be around" = to be present or in the vicinity
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