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It Happened to Nancy
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- Collin confided in me that he had a sister, Betsy Mae, who had asthma also; that's how he'd known what to do.†
p. 5.2 *confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- El and Red are still their old happy-go-lucky, light-minded selves, and me and Dorie are ...Sometimes I want to confide in her about my problem so much, it's like a real hurting, aching, twisting pain inside me, but I can't.†
p. 141.8confide = place trust (in someone) by talking about private things
Definitions:
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(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."