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Vocabulary
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In her diffident attempt to maintain secrecy she had left Alchester without the precaution of obtaining a testimonial. This she recognized as the action of a fool ....
--- Does it mean "Not believing herself that she will manage to keep it secret ...."? And "Not knowing whether she will obtain references"? Is my paraphrasing correct?
He wrote on thick smooth paper which justified the. term ‘cream-laid’. His writing was small, elegant, meticulously legible. It called up an imaginary vision of the writer, plump, rubicund ...
--- I'm wondering why there is a dot after the word "the"? Does "cream-laid" mean that the paper had a creamy color?
Thanks
In her diffident attempt to maintain secrecy she had left Alchester without the precaution of obtaining a testimonial. This she recognized as the action of a fool ....
--- Does it mean "Not believing herself that she will manage to keep it secret ...."? And "Not knowing whether she will obtain references"? Is my paraphrasing correct?
He wrote on thick smooth paper which justified the. term ‘cream-laid’. His writing was small, elegant, meticulously legible. It called up an imaginary vision of the writer, plump, rubicund ...
--- I'm wondering why there is a dot after the word "the"? Does "cream-laid" mean that the paper had a creamy color?
Thanks
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Hi, In her diffident attempt to maintain secrecy in a shy, hesitant way she was trying to keep her actions secret she had left Alchester without the precaution of obtaining a testimonial . she left wthout being careful to get a reference from her employer before she left This she recognized as the action of a fool .. "?
- Hi, In her diffident attempt to maintain secrecy in a shy, hesitant way she was trying to keep her actions secret she had left Alchester without the precaution of obtaining a testimonial .
- she left wthout being careful to get a reference from her employer before she left This she recognized as the action of a fool ..
- "?
- And "Not knowing whether she will obtain references"?
- Is my paraphrasing correct?
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Hi,
In her diffident attempt to maintain secrecy in a shy, hesitant way she was trying to keep her actions secret
she had left Alchester without the precaution of obtaining a testimonial. she left wthout being careful to get a reference from her employ
In her diffident attempt to maintain secrecy in a shy, hesitant way she was trying to keep her actions secret
she had left Alchester without the precaution of obtaining a testimonial. she left wthout being careful to get a reference from her employ
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