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09-Sep-2005, 00:29

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Help: not whole lot

A: How's been doing?
B: Not whole lot.

What does "not whole lot " mean here?
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09-Sep-2005, 11:05

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Re: Help: not whole lot

What about?

A: What've you been doing?
B: Not a whole lot. (I haven't been doing a whole lot.)

'a whole lot' means, not much; e.g, I haven't been doing much at all.

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