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0 01i00Children are sometimes told 'it rude to stare', but cat lovers often forget this rule when they are looking at an approaching feline. In stead of a glance, which is always acceptable, they keeping staring at the animal in a way that makes it feel uncomfortable. The only person there not doing this is the cat-hater, who looks away and keeps very still, trying to be ignored by the 01font00feared02font00 animal. But such behavior has precisely the opposite effect. For the cat, in search of a friendly lap on which to sit, makes a beeline for this ideal companion, who is not moving around, not waving hand about, not making shirll remarks, and above all, not staring. The cat is 01font00thus02font00 showing its appreciation of the non-intimidating body-language.02br
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00I've found this definition about 'feared':02br
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01i00feared: 02br
00–adjective Dialect.02br
00afraid; afeard.02br
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00So does the 'feared' used in the text above mean 'the animal which is scared/afraid (of human beings)'? Or does it mean 'the animal which is feared by the cat-hater?02br
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00Which 'thus' do you think it is?02br
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001. In this manner: Lay the pieces out thus. See Usage Note at thusly. 02br
002. To a stated degree or extent; so. 02br
003. Therefore; consequently: Thus it was necessary for me to resign. 02br
004. For example: Few of the nation's largest cities are state capitals; thus neither New York nor Chicago is the seat of its state's government.02br
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