as good as

English translation: that to all extents and purposes he promised (without actually promising)

12:42 Mar 6, 2007

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics

English term or phrase: as good as

"She claimed that John as good as promised to marry her."

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Mehmet Hascan KudoZ activity Questions: 193 (none open) (25 closed without grading) Answers: 1457 Ireland
Local time: 01:26

Selected answer:that to all extents and purposes he promised (without actually promising)

Explanation:
virtually (but not in so many words)

Selected response from:

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 02:26

Grading comment

thank you all for your help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

4 +9

that to all extents and purposes he promised (without actually promising)

CMJ_Trans (X)

4 +3

he practically promised

Lorenia de la Vega

2 +3

implied that he was going to marry her

Jonathan MacKerron

good so much that even promised to marry

salavat

Answers

0 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

implied that he was going to marry her

Explanation:
is how I see it

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

that to all extents and purposes he promised (without actually promising)

Explanation:
virtually (but not in so many words)

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 02:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

Grading comment

thank you all for your help.

15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

he practically promised

Explanation:
as good as: said everything but the actual "will you marry me", his intentions were clear

Lorenia de la Vega
Mexico
Local time: 19:26
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 3

52 mins confidence:

good so much that even promised to marry

Explanation:
I suspect a play on words here. The girl I suppose boasts by these news.

salavat
Local time: 05:26
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

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