"Pert near, but not plumb" nghĩa là gì?

 
Không ngon lắm nhưng nuốt được là được rồi. Photo by Ghaly Wedinly on Unsplash

"Pert near, but not plumb" -> nghĩa là gần như tốt, vẫn dùng được nhưng không hoàn hảo. 

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Well, there a lot of deer seasons. In Maryland, things get under way real early, with the bow (cung tên) hunt beginning Sept. 15. But the real deer season in the minds of a lot of hunters is the traditional hunt with centerfire rifles. So, the answer to the question in the headline is “pert near, but not plumb.”

Jacob is the Yankee in this bundle, though he was done proudly born to a different form of thems farmers in Wisconsin. Everythin’ he does is pert near, but not plumb, an’ while he can act a bit uppity (tự cao), he is ‘bout as country as corn flakes.

I think I will set up a dial indicator and read carriage (sườn xe) position plus mark the chuck and lead screw positions. Surely it will travel back in same path if it starts from same place on bed and lead screw. Then I been wrong before. I also suspect you are right about the 7 turns being "pert near ,but not plumb".

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