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[Jochen Stremmel]

I'm no native speaker, as you know, but I would say the stress is on any.
The meaning would be something like: a city of the size that is required
for that term.

2017-11-03 11:25 GMT+01:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:

> P29.3-15   “Do I ask the question or do I accept the situation passively?
> I want to know the rules.”
>        “What’s the question?”
>        “Where are we?” I said.
>        He nodded slowly, examining the matter. Then he laughed. “The
> nearest city of any size is across the border, called Bishkek. It’s the
> capital of Kyrgyzstan. Then there’s Almaty, bigger, more distant, in
> Kazakhstan. But Almaty is not the capital. It used to be the capital. The
> capital is now Astana, which has gold skyscrapers and indoor shopping malls
> where people lounge on sand beaches before plunging into wave pools. Once
> you know the local names and how to spell them, you’ll feel less detached.”
>
> What does "of any size" mean here? Is the stress on "size"?
>
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