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Hi All,

I've been looking up some definitions of the word "off" (which does have
plenty) and one of the examples is this:

    Definition: [adverb] having access to or possession of material goods
    or wealth to the extent specified.
    Example: we'd been rather badly off for books

"We'd been rather badly off for books", as far as I can see, is something
along the lines of either
    1: "We hadn't got enough money to afford buying books", or
    2: "We had been having a shortage of books"

Somehow I'm thinking of the second one to be true.
Which one is more realistic to you?


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