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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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stories he had heard of her downright tongue

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001 archaic: directed vertically downward 2: outright, thorough <a downright lie> 3: plain, blunt <01u01b00stories he had heard of her downright tongue02b02u00 — Angus Wilson>02br
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0 he had heard reports/stories about her her being blunt, direct, in her speech 0-

  • 0 he had heard reports/stories about her her being blunt, direct, in her speech 0-
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0 he had heard reports/stories about her her being blunt, direct, in her speech 0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10 he had heard reports/stories about 11u11b10her her12b12u10 being blunt, direct, in her speech12blockquote
10Is the repetition of 01i00her02i00 intentional?0-
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0 No, just one would do ...0-
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0 Thank you for the clarification, Marius. 0-

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