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This tag is for questions about the meaning of a longer passage of English. A SPECIFIC CONCERN must be emphasized.
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Grammar question from A Christmas Carol: meaning of "quite as well that -- as have"?
I am reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and finally reached the last few pages, but I am stuck with the following paragraph.
Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinite …
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Meaning of "thousand-fold" in this sentence
What does "a thousand-fold" mean in this sentence?
I protest, added my uncle Toby, looking up, as he protested it, towards the top of the ceiling,—that was I her brother, Trim, a thousand-fold, s …
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