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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.
@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.
@contrex,
Aaaah, the English teacher.
@AKI1113,
"to be around" = to be present or in the vicinity