Nope . Either you meet the requirement , or you don ' t . No wiggle room . <| sep |> Who notices belts and socks ? <| sep |> I ' ll give the album a very generous 7 . It ' s definitely nothing like I ' ve heard before from this genre , but it kinda lost its flavor for me really quick , even faster than Prada lol . But man what an embarrassment would it be if Knocked Loose had the best song of the year . <| sep |> He ' s just wondering why that treat doesn ' t look remotely delicious . <| sep |> Those two cover all but the first of your variants . Earn it would literally be mere id , but that would mean something more like ' go earn the thing elsewhere specified '. Also note that the verb mereo of which mere and merendum are forms most commonly means ' deserve , merit , be worthy of ', but can also mean ' earn '.