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[Elisa Chou]

Dear teachers:

I read an article mentioned culture stereotypes in "Advanced". There's a sentence:

Canadians aren't quite as agreeable as they thought they were.

In this sentence, what's "as agreeable as" means? And how to use this phrase? (Is it a phrase?)

If I skip these three words, does it still have the same meaning?

Thanks a lot.

[Lorikeet]

To me, "agreeable" means pleasant or easy to get along with. The sentence says that Canadians think they are quite agreeable, but the view of the speaker is that they aren't quite as agreeable as they thought they were. In other words, they are less agreeable than they think they are.

[Elisa Chou]

Thanks a lot