"so much as" meaning in English

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          "text": "Without so much as asking, he walked into the office and started digging through their files.",
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          "text": "Well, she seems to have lost all interest in the horses. For a week now she has driven past the stables with never so much as 'good morning'!",
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        "Even; suggests a minimum, especially regarding what might be expected."
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "even",
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          "sense": "even",
          "word": "choćby"
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          "sense": "even",
          "word": "nawet"
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          "roman": "daže ne",
          "sense": "even",
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          "sense": "but rather",
          "word": "vaan"
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          "roman": "ne stolʹko, skolʹko",
          "sense": "but rather",
          "word": "не столько, сколько"
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  "word": "so much as"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "even",
      "word": "edes"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "even",
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      "sense": "even",
      "word": "nawet"
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      "roman": "daže ne",
      "sense": "even",
      "word": "даже не"
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      "roman": "xotja by",
      "sense": "even",
      "word": "хотя бы"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "but rather",
      "word": "vaan"
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  "word": "so much as"
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