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Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go.
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Book III · Chapter XII
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Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go. “At Tellson’s banking-house at nine,” he said, with a musing face. “Shall I do well, in the mean time, to show myself? I think so. It is best that these people should know there is such a man as I here;
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having made a firm choice or judgment about what to do
From this reading “Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go.”
human beings considered as individuals or as a group
From this reading “It is best that these people should know there is such a man as I here;”
to form an idea, opinion, or judgment in your mind
From this reading “I think so.”
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From this reading “At Tellson’s banking-house at nine,” he said, with a musing face.
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From this reading It is best that these people should know there is such a man as I here;
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From this reading “At Tellson’s banking-house at nine,” he said, with a musing face.
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From this reading “At Tellson’s banking-house at nine,” he said, with a musing face.
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From this reading It is best that these people should know there is such a man as I here;
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From this reading Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go.
having made a firm choice or judgment about what to do
From this reading Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go.
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From this reading “Shall I do well, in the mean time, to show myself?
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From this reading “At Tellson’s banking-house at nine,” he said, with a musing face.
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From this reading Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go.
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From this reading “At Tellson’s banking-house at nine,” he said, with a musing face.
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From this reading It is best that these people should know there is such a man as I here;
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From this reading “Shall I do well, in the mean time, to show myself?
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From this reading Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go.
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From this reading It is best that these people should know there is such a man as I here;
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From this reading It is best that these people should know there is such a man as I here;
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From this reading It is best that these people should know there is such a man as I here;
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From this reading It is best that these people should know there is such a man as I here;
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From this reading “Shall I do well, in the mean time, to show myself?
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From this reading “At Tellson’s banking-house at nine,” he said, with a musing face.
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From this reading “Shall I do well, in the mean time, to show myself?
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From this reading “At Tellson’s banking-house at nine,” he said, with a musing face.
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From this reading Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go.
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From this reading Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go.
human beings considered as individuals or as a group
From this reading It is best that these people should know there is such a man as I here;
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From this reading Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “At Tellson’s banking-house at nine,” he said, with a musing face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Shall I do well, in the mean time, to show myself?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is best that these people should know there is such a man as I here;
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From this reading “Shall I do well, in the mean time, to show myself?
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From this reading I think so.
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From this reading Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go.
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From this reading It is best that these people should know there is such a man as I here;
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From this reading Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go.
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From this reading “At Tellson’s banking-house at nine,” he said, with a musing face.
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From this reading It is best that these people should know there is such a man as I here;
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From this reading Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go.
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From this reading It is best that these people should know there is such a man as I here;
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From this reading It is best that these people should know there is such a man as I here;
to form an idea, opinion, or judgment in your mind
From this reading I think so.
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From this reading “Shall I do well, in the mean time, to show myself?
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From this reading Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go.
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From this reading “Shall I do well, in the mean time, to show myself?
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From this reading Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go.
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From this reading “At Tellson’s banking-house at nine,” he said, with a musing face.
