How would you explain ‘educated at university’?
“What is this, Van?” Lev asked again, seeming interested but not disapproving. “You didn’t tell me about any girls.”
Van blushed acutely. “Not girls. One girl. Her name is Maria del Carmen.”
“Maria del Carmen,” Frida sang. “So this boat named Carmen carries more than one torch. Tell me about this young lady. Is she a bar girl?”
“A waitress. But educated at university. She tutors me in Spanish sometimes in the evening.”

How would you explain this sentence: educated at university?
Does it mean that bar girl had graduated from some university, Or that she hadn’t graduated yet?
Thanks!

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How would you explain ‘educated at university’?
“What is this, Van?” Lev asked again, seeming interested but not disapproving. “You didn’t tell me about any girls.”
Van blushed acutely. “Not girls. One girl. Her name is Maria del Carmen.”
“Maria del Carmen,” Frida sang. “So this boat named Carmen carries more than one torch. Tell me about this young lady. Is she a bar girl?”
“A waitress. But educated at university. She tutors me in Spanish sometimes in the evening.”

How would you explain this sentence: educated at university?
Does it mean that bar girl had graduated from some university, Or that she hadn’t graduated yet?
Thanks!

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If I were to hear it that way, in context, I'd assume that she had a university education and was finished,(past tense)  so she probably graduated..

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Educated at university means that she graduated from a university.

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I don't know. I only know he is a Dutchman and has spent most of his life in Europe.

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Hi Gordon, do you know if Van is supposed to be a British English speaker? Because "at university" is a British English construction.

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