All 15 Uses of
liable
in
Their Eyes Were Watching God
- he's liable to bite somebody else
Chpt 19 *liable = maybe going to
- But Ah'm liable to have something sho nuff good tomorrow, 'cause you done come.†
Chpt 1
- 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.†
Chpt 1 *
- He's liable tuh do it too, Hicks.†
Chpt 5
- Dat mule is liable tuh be dead befo' de week is out.†
Chpt 6
- Anyhow they's liable tuh need me tuh say uh few words over de carcass, dis bein' uh special case.†
Chpt 6
- 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.†
Chpt 6
- She was liable to find a feather from his wings lying in her yard any day now.†
Chpt 8
- No tellin' whut Ah'm liable tuh do yet.†
Chpt 11
- De boogerman liable tuh tote yuh off whilst Ah'm gone.†
Chpt 14
- It's liable tuh fair off by tuhmorrer.†
Chpt 18
- Not so bad dere, but man, dis muck is too low and dat big lake is liable tuh bust.†
Chpt 18
- Us liable tuh git wet tuh our necks.†
Chpt 18
- You mean he's liable tuh die, doctah?†
Chpt 19
- But de worst thing is he's liable tuh suffer somethin' awful befo' he goes.†
Chpt 19
Definitions:
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(1)
(liable as in: is legally liable) legally responsible
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(2)
(liable as in: she is liable to) likely to; or maybe going to; or subject to