แบกรับ ค่าใช้จ่าย ทั้งหมด เอง ค่อนข้าง บีบคั้น ครับ

Questions & Answers about แบกรับ ค่าใช้จ่าย ทั้งหมด เอง ค่อนข้าง บีบคั้น ครับ

Why use the compound แบกรับ instead of just แบก (to carry) or รับ (to receive)?
While แบก literally means to carry something physically on your back and รับ means to receive, combining them into แบกรับ creates the figurative meaning of "shouldering a burden" or "taking on a responsibility." It is the standard verb for dealing with heavy expenses or difficult duties.
Does เอง (by oneself) modify ทั้งหมด (all) or the action of the verb แบกรับ?
It modifies the verb แบกรับ, but Thai places adverbs like this at the end of the entire verb phrase. The structure is [Verb] + [Object] + [Adverb], which gives us แบกรับ (shouldering) + ค่าใช้จ่าย ทั้งหมด (all expenses) + เอง (by oneself).
บีบคั้น translates to "pressuring," but what do the two halves of the word literally mean?
Both บีบ and คั้น literally mean "to squeeze" or "to press" (like squeezing a lemon or pressing juice). When paired together as บีบคั้น, they take on the psychological meaning of feeling "pressured," "stressed," or "oppressed" by a situation.
Since we are learning the ทั้ง... ทั้ง... (both... and...) structure, could we apply it to this sentence?
You could, but it would change the meaning. Right now, the sentence uses ทั้งหมด to simply mean "all of" a single thing (the expenses). If you wanted to use this lesson's structure to emphasize shouldering two different burdens, you could say แบกรับ ทั้ง ค่าใช้จ่าย ทั้ง หนี้สิน (Shouldering both the expenses and the debts).
There is no pronoun like "I" or "he" here. Is the speaker talking about themselves?
They might be, but grammatically this is a general statement. The entire phrase แบกรับค่าใช้จ่ายทั้งหมดเอง (shouldering all expenses by oneself) acts as the subject of the sentence. It functions like an English gerund phrase ("Shouldering the expenses...") to describe the situation itself, rather than pointing to a specific person.

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