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to come to understand
- And Perry was puzzled; he could not fathom why Dick, usually so full of himself, should suddenly, when he had good cause to gloat, be meek, look wilted and sad.2 — Persons Unknown (29% in)
- Her letter failed because she couldn't conceive of the profundity of your problem-she couldn't fathom the pressures brought to bear upon you because of environment, intellectual frustration and a growing tendency toward isolationism.2 — Persons Unknown (86% in)
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