Both Uses of
hinder
in
The Death of Ivan Ilych
- His very look said that this incident of a church service for Ivan Ilych could not be a sufficient reason for infringing the order of the session — in other words, that it would certainly not prevent his unwrapping a new pack of cards and shuffling them that evening while a footman placed fresh candles on the table: in fact, that there was no reason for supposing that this incident would hinder their spending the evening agreeably.†
Chpt 1
- He was hindered from getting into it by his conviction that his life had been a good one.†
Chpt 12 *
Definition:
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(hinder as in: hindered by) slow down or cause problems for