Meaning of "fancy" in this scenario
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I was reading a passage from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller (1903). I came across a sentence: I fancy I still have confused recollections of that illness.
Please help me understand the meaning of the word "fancy" in this context.
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writingtosms Please help me understand the meaning of the word "fancy" in this context. believe; imagine The dictionaries list the verb without comment, but it is practically unknown in my Middle Atlantic US dialect. I would call it chiefly British.
- writingtosms Please help me understand the meaning of the word "fancy" in this context.
- believe; imagine The dictionaries list the verb without comment, but it is practically unknown in my Middle Atlantic US dialect.
- I would call it chiefly British.
- The word in all its parts of speech is closely related etymologically to "fantasy".
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writingtosmsPlease help me understand the meaning of the word "fancy" in this context.
believe; imagine
The dictionaries list the verb without comment, but it is practically unknown in my Middle Atlantic US dialect. I would call it chiefly British. The word in all its parts of speech is closely related etymologically to "fantasy".
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