[General] look utterly spent

[Selviya87]

Dear teachers,

I'm having a difficulty grabbing the meaning of this highlighted phrase:

[FONT=&quot]He could not get up. His ribs were showing and he looked utterly spent.[/FONT]

I'll be very thankful if you want to help me.

A bunch of thanks,

selviya87

 

[emsr2d2]

Dear teachers,

I'm having a difficulty grabbing the meaning of this highlighted phrase:

[FONT=&quot]He could not get up. His ribs were showing and he looked utterly spent.[/FONT]

I'll be very thankful if you want to help me.

A bunch of thanks,

selviya87

You didn't highlight a specific phrase in that sentence, but given the title of your thread, I assume you want to know what "to look utterly spent" means.

In this context it means that he had the appearance of someone who was completely exhausted.

 

[Selviya87]

Oops, I'm sorry for the mis-highlight
Thanks a lot for your help, emsr2d2.

Regards,

Selviya

 

[Rover_KE]

I'm having [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] difficulty [STRIKE]grabbing[/STRIKE] grasping the meaning of this highlighted phrase:

Rover