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ebb
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The Women of Brewster Place
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- Her youth had ebbed away quickly under the steady pressure of the changing times, but she was existing as she always had.†
p. 60.8 *ebbed = declined -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
- They ebb and flow, ebb and flow, but never disappear.†
p. 192.9ebb and flow = recurring pattern of decrease and increase
- They ebb and flow, ebb and flow, but never disappear.†
p. 192.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(ebb) decline -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)