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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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adverb

in a way that is correct and exact; without error

She measured the ingredients accurately to ensure the cake turned out perfectly.

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make up

Part of SpeechverbUsed In Literature ↓

To build or complete.

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Poetry examples for make up

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

“for,” says he, “I have the town—that is, the mob—on my side.” But he

remarks “that it is common for the smaller party to make up in diligence

what they want in numbers. He appeals to the people as his proper

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