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In the Time of the Butterflies
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- But I have not been in a very confiding mood.†
Chpt 2.7 *confiding = placing trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- When it was almost June, he finally confided in me.†
Chpt 2.8confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- Then, recently, without her even asking, Minerva had confided to Dede that their old friend was alive and kicking.†
Chpt 3.9
- She's been like that since the minute I got here," Jaimito confided.†
Chpt 3.9
- Prostitutes, thieves, murderers—and that's just the ones who have confided in us.†
Chpt 3.11
- Pilar had confided in me as we drove around looking at houses that Rudy's business was about to collapse.†
Chpt 3.12
Definitions:
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(1)
(confide) to place trust (in someone) by talking about private things or telling secrets
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, confide can mean to give trust to someone while giving them something important--such as a responsibility or a valuable item. For example, "I confided the job to her care."