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Kouroshh Posted 10 years ago
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What does ''I fancy I fell in her estimation.'' mean in the text below?
'I'm afraid there isn't. There's curare, of course.' I told her a good deal about curare, but she seemed to have lost interest once more. She asked me if I had any in my poison cupboard, and when I replied in the negative I fancy I fell in her estimation.
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It is a reduced form of "I fancy that I fell in her estimation". "I fancy (that) X" means I imagine X to be true. "I fell in her estimation" means that her opinion of me worsened.
- It is a reduced form of "I fancy that I fell in her estimation".
- "I fancy (that) X" means I imagine X to be true.
- "I fell in her estimation" means that her opinion of me worsened.
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It is a reduced form of "I fancy that I fell in her estimation".
"I fancy (that) X" means I imagine X to be true.
"I fell in her estimation" means that her opinion of me worsened.
"I fancy (that) X" means I imagine X to be true.
"I fell in her estimation" means that her opinion of me worsened.
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