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Ellen Foster
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- I look at the preacher and at my new mama and fix my face to look like hers. We all sit lined up with faces like hers. She says to be appropriate. It is hard too when...
p. 57.1 *appropriate = proper (behave in a fitting manner) (in this case suitable for being in church)
- Except we are not in school over the Christmas holiday so there is nobody around for me to select as a appropriate boyfriend.
p. 111.8appropriate = suitable (fitting)
Definitions:
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(1)
(appropriate as in: it is appropriate) suitable (fitting) for a particular situation
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(2)
(appropriate as in: appropriate from their culture) to take without asking -- often without right
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(appropriate as in: Congress will appropriate funds) to set aside for a particular use
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)