Both Uses of
vengeance
in
The Idiot
- "Well!" she cried, "we HAVE 'put him through his paces,' with a vengeance!†
Chpt 1.7 *with a vengeance = with intensity
- Then she read me a lot of verses, where it said that the Emperor spent all the time vowing vengeance against the Pope.†
Chpt 2.3 *vengeance = the act of taking revenge
Definitions:
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(1)
(vengeance as in: vengeance is mine) the act of taking revenge
(Revenge means to harm someone to get them back for something harmful that they have done.) -
(2)
(with a vengeance as in: with a vengeance) with intensity