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this2 [+ adjective/adverb]
1 spokenXX used to say how big, how much etc, when you are showing the size, amount etc with your hands : 
The table's about this high and this wide.You need to cut about this much off the end of the pipe.
The table's about this high and this wide.You need to cut about this much off the end of the pipe.2 [usually in questions and negatives] spoken as good, bad, much etc as in the present situation : I hadn't realised that things had got this bad. I've never had this much money before.
I hadn't realised that things had got this bad.I've never had this much money before.
