As it so stands

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AlexAD

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Hello.

I see an actor saying 'Secondly. With British as it so stands ...' (Now he has been interrupted by his partner). I have tried to look up the entries for the words 'as', 'so', 'stands' to get the meaning but it wouldn't help.

Could you please explain that?

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Mannysteps

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Not a teacher

There should be a wider context, but I'll risk:

"the way things are" or "as it is"

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Thanks, Mannysteps.

Your suggestions will be enough for me.

Thanks, Alex.
 
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