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Eagertolearn Posted 22 years ago
Vocabulary

What's the meaning of the verb "to do up" in this sentence?

I found the following sentence in Dracula but I don't know what it means exactly: "i had for dinner, or rather supper, a chicken done up some way with red pepper". I guess it means "cooked" or "prepared" cause you cannot do too many things with a chicken apart from cooking it. something else, what does "some way" imply here? thanks
  

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You're right: 'done up' means 'prepared'. And 'some way' means 'in a manner that the speaker cannot identify'.

— Mister Micawber

  • You're right: 'done up' means 'prepared'.
  • And 'some way' means 'in a manner that the speaker cannot identify'.
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You're right: 'done up' means 'prepared'. And 'some way' means 'in a manner that the speaker cannot identify'.
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