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“The way royal ladies are expected to dress is terribly inconvenient,” she thought, once she had changed into this warmer and far more comfortable uniform.

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“Poor Incorrigibles! It would be terribly unkind of me to make a fuss about turning sixteen, given the circumstances.”

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She did not sound terribly sad, for she had still not forgiven the admiral for trying to take away her plume.

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“It would be terribly awkward, after thinking of her as Miss Mortimer for all these years. Yet I suppose that is how life goes.”

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“If you’ve found a species that’s almost gone to extinction,” says Axel, “then something’s gone terribly wrong...and you have to overwhelm that negative influence through action and science and learning. ”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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