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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
to speak of her and be grateful to her accordingly
“No, Bessie: she came to my crib last night when you were gone down to supper, and said I need not disturb her in the morning, or my cousins either; and she told me to remember that she had always been my best friend, and to speak of her and be grateful to her accordingly.” (Jane Eyre)
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Perhaps you should be more specific in your questions when you are asking about whole sentences. What is it that you don't understand, how the boldface relates to the rest of the paragraph? Are there specific words or word combinations that elude you?
- Perhaps you should be more specific in your questions when you are asking about whole sentences.
- What is it that you don't understand, how the boldface relates to the rest of the paragraph?
- Are there specific words or word combinations that elude you?
- ] she told me: 1 - to remember that she had always been my best friend, and 2 - to speak of her (accordingly) and 3 - (to) be grateful to her accordingly The merger of 2 and 3 allows the writer to put one single "accordingly" at the end and omit the second "to".
- As for words Speak of someone roughly means to tell somebody else about that someone's good or bad qualities.
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Perhaps you should be more specific in your questions when you are asking about whole sentences.
What is it that you don't understand, how the boldface relates to the rest of the paragraph? Are there specific words or word combinations that elude you?
For structure
[...] she told me:
1 - to remember that she had always been my best friend, and
2 - to speak of her (ac
What is it that you don't understand, how the boldface relates to the rest of the paragraph? Are there specific words or word combinations that elude you?
For structure
[...] she told me:
1 - to remember that she had always been my best friend, and
2 - to speak of her (ac
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