it was more upset than hungry, but I wasn't done yet.

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Hello. Would you please tell me what the underlined two sentences mean in the context below?
I understand the speaker awoke because of stomachache. But I don't understand the next one, "but I wasn't done yet."
What does it mean? Thank you.

(from A Bird on Water Street by Elizabeth O. Dulemba)
"I bet I could eat this whole thing in three bites," Piran said.
"I bet I could too, but I'm not gonna," I replied.
I only had enough money for one burger and planned on making it last as long as possible.
I took tiny, little bites to prove it.
When I got home, I actually took a nap. I felt like a baby doing it, but being so full knocked me right out.
I awoke several hours later with my stomach growling.
Okay, maybe it was more upset than hungry, but I wasn't done yet.
 

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Thank you. Then, could it mean, "I awoke several hours later with my stomach growling.
I thought it was a stomach upset, not because of hunger, but my stomach kept growling"?
 

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What does it say after "I wasn't done yet"?

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Thank you. That is the last sentence of the chapter.
 

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Yes, the first sentence should have said "more upset than hunger".
 

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@frindle2
I see.
In that case, what happened after that would probably be described in the next chapter.
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"it was more upset than hungry"
What does 'it' refer to in the context? Is "it" his/her stomach or something else?
(The 'upset' looks like an adjective to me.)
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It refers to "upset" and "hunger". "Hungry" was wrong because it is an adjective.
 

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What about the 'upset'? Is it a noun in the context?
 

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Yes it is. Like a stomach upset.
 

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I'm with Tzfujimino on that. It's an adjective, sort of "No one likes an upset stomach."
 

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"Upset stomach" is different from "stomach upset". One is an adjective and the other is a noun. You may disagree, but you would be wrong.
 

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Matthew, I have already posted that "hungry" was an error.
 

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Do you mean a stomach cannot be hungry?
 

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No, I meant the word was wrong in the original sentence.
 
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