All 7 Uses of
attain
in
Crime and Punishment
- Since she has attained years of maturity, she has read other books of romantic tendency and of late she had read with great interest a book she got through Mr. Lebeziatnikov, Lewes' Physiology—do you know it?†
Chpt 1.2 *
- But that seemed utterly unattainable.†
Chpt 1.6
- At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable—so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that "thrice accursed yesterday."†
Chpt 3.2
- At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable—so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that "thrice accursed yesterday."†
Chpt 3.2
- Oh, yes, some attain their ends in this life, and then….†
Chpt 3.5
- When we quarrelled, I usually held my tongue and did not irritate her and that gentlemanly conduct rarely failed to attain its object, it influenced her, it pleased her, indeed.†
Chpt 6.4
- But now I see again how foolish I was, for you can attain any position you like by your intellect and talent.†
Chpt 6.7
Definition:
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(attain) to gain or reach something with effort