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Alex: NOT QUITE means that it's almost ..., but somehow falls short: "My son has been playing the piano since he was 7. We wanted to enter him in a national competition this year, but his teacher says he's not quite ready." (=he's ALMOST good enough to compete on a national level, but still needs a little something...)