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Anna Karenina vocabulary
9 British vocabulary words
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settee
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synonyms: chesterfiled ???
tags: [britain] [garniture]
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Definition:a couch
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Anna, in a gray dressing gown, with a crop of short clustering black curls on her round head, was sitting on a settee.
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Her porch was bright with the bought luxury of star-shine; the wicker of the settee squeaked fashionably as she turned toward him and he kissed her curious and lovely mouth.
F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby (1925)
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She took my hand and led me to the settee. And then she also sat down as though we had done this every day.
Amy Tan. The Joy Luck Club, p.37 (1989)
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Miss Havisham seated on a settee near the fire,
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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