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liable
in
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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he's liable to bite somebody else
p. 177.7 *

liable = maybe going to
But Ah'm liable to have something sho nuff good tomorrow, 'cause you done come.†
p. 5.3
Most of dese zigaboos is so het up over yo' business till they liable to hurry theyself to Judgment to find out about you if they don't soon know.†
p. 6.3
He's liable tuh do it too, Hicks.†
p. 39.2
Dat mule is liable tuh be dead befo' de week is out.†
p. 58.1
Anyhow they's liable tuh need me tuh say uh few words over de carcass, dis bein' uh special case.†
p. 60.4
Ah'm uh educated man, Ah keeps mah arrangements in mah hands, and if it kept me up all night long studyin' 'bout it, Walter ain't liable tuh be no help to me.†
p. 64.6
She was liable to find a feather from his wings lying in her yard any day now.†
p. 84.3
No tellin' whut Ah'm liable tuh do yet.†
p. 106.1
De boogerman liable tuh tote yuh off whilst Ah'm gone.†
p. 132.9
It's liable tuh fair off by tuhmorrer.†
p. 156.1
Not so bad dere, but man, dis muck is too low and dat big lake is liable tuh bust.†
p. 156.3
Us liable tuh git wet tuh our necks.†
p. 160.6
You mean he's liable tuh die, doctah?†
p. 177.3
But de worst thing is he's liable tuh suffer somethin' awful befo' he goes.†
p. 177.4

Definitions:

(1) (liable as in: is legally liable)
legally responsible
(2) (liable as in: she is liable to)
likely to; or maybe going to; or subject to
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)