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After seven years of rewriting and reimagining his "Mister Watson" trilogy, Peter Matthiessen has produced an epic novel of the Florida Everglades, Shadow Country Modern Libraryy), a book that can be fairly spoken of in the same breath as Moby-Dick and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for both the grandeur of its literary architecture and its command of American vernacular speech.
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If America is going to purport to act as mediator in this and other disputes, it has an obligation to act fairly, speak honestly and, above all, stand for justice.NIKETH VELAMOORNew YorkSIR As an Israeli, I feel deeply ashamed.
The fairly uniform spoken Greek that gradually replaced the local dialects after the breakdown of old political barriers and the establishment of Alexander's empire in the 4th century bce is known as the Koine (hē koinē dialektos 'the common language'), or "Hellenistic Greek".
Their attitudes to the use of condoms aside, the Roman Catholics have remained fairly buoyant, speaking up for the poor and taking their cue from Rome.
If your rooms are over the way, you may call out for coffee for twenty, and the tray comes out of the shop before you are fairly done speaking.
These actions fairly much speak for themselves; they arise from insecurities precisely because a secure person would never feel the need to spend energies on dragging down other people just to make themselves look better.
As regards language, the late form of Phoenician known as Neo-Punic was still spoken fairly widely in the 4th century—for example, in the hills near Hippo Regius.
Koine, the fairly uniform Hellenistic Greek spoken and written from the 4th century bc until the time of the Byzantine emperor Justinian (mid-6th century ad) in Greece, Macedonia, and the parts of Africa and the Middle East that had come under the influence or control of Greeks or of Hellenized rulers.
The wanted posters offered a £500 reward for information that might lead to a team of ruthless criminals: "Peter Piatkok, a native of Russia, an Anarchist … complexion sallow; Joe Levi … foreign appearance, speaking fairly good English, thickish lips, erect carriage … A woman aged 26-27, fullly full breasts, sallow complexion, face somewhat drawn... Foreign appearance".
Yet Bourdin and I continue to speak fairly often.
Both speak fairly fluent English, and both used to work as psychologists.
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The phrase "fairly spoken " functions as an adverb-verb combination, where "fairly" modifies the verb "spoken". It indicates the manner in which something is expressed, specifically emphasizing impartiality and reasonableness. As Ludwig AI suggests, it highlights that something is communicated without bias.
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