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apprehension |
Used in |
Great Expectations |
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- All these things I saw without then knowing that I saw them, for I was in an agony of apprehension. (not reviewed by editor)
- I was not free from apprehension that he would come back to propound through the gate, "And sixteen?" (not reviewed by editor)
- As I walked on to the hotel, I felt that a dread, much exceeding the mere apprehension of a painful or disagreeable recognition, made me tremble. (not reviewed by editor)
- I was not related to the outlaw, or connected with him by any recognizable tie; he had put his hand to no writing or settlement in my favor before his apprehension, and to do so now would be idle. (not reviewed by editor)
- Wemmick went on; "it happened—happened, don't you see?—that this woman was so very artfully dressed from the time of her apprehension, that she looked much slighter than she really was; in particular, her sleeves are always remembered to have been so skilfully contrived that her arms had quite a delicate look. (not reviewed by editor)
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as in: apprehension of the criminal |
as in: apprehension about finals |
as in: conscious apprehension is limited |
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