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"You have been wonderfully quick," her father retorted, with a vindictive politeness that was quite thrown away upon her. ( A sentence from Peter Pan by J. Matthew Barrie)
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In this case "thrown away" means something like "wasted"; that the "vindictive politeness" was "thrown away" upon her means that she did not understand or appreciate the intended meaning of his tone of voice.
- In this case "thrown away" means something like "wasted"; that the "vindictive politeness" was "thrown away" upon her means that she did not understand or appreciate the intended meaning of his tone of voice.
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In this case "thrown away" means something like "wasted"; that the "vindictive politeness" was "thrown away" upon her means that she did not understand or appreciate the intended meaning of his tone of voice.
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