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    laurinha88 is offline Junior Member
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    Default She's not AS light on her feet.

    Well, I didn't call her.
    But it's not like she's going anywhere.
    Just remember,
    she's an old woman now.
    She's not as light on her feet.


    what"as" means here?

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    Default Re: She's not AS light on her feet.

    Quote Originally Posted by laurinha88 View Post
    Well, I didn't call her.
    But it's not like she's going anywhere.
    Just remember,
    she's an old woman now.
    She's not as light on her feet.


    what"as" means here?
    A part of the sentence is elided. The full sentence would probably read

    She's not as light on her feet as she used to be.

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    laurinha88 is offline Junior Member
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    Default flood tsculdsc

    thank you very much!

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