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Re: Middlemarch author George Eliot reportedly bemoaned the dear [#permalink]
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For the third blank, recycle the clue mundane; of the choices, only menial fits.


Where did you find the clue "mundane"?
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sandy wrote:
Explanation

For the third blank, recycle the clue mundane; of the choices, only menial fits.


Where did you find the clue "mundane"?


No, in this case, mundane is not properly the right clue. Mundane means: banal, silly, whilst the meaning of menial here is as servant (her).

In fact, the elderly preacher Casaubon spoused Dorthea for this specific purpose: having a servant.

The question is pretty much convoluted and tries to mislead you with difficult words and sentences but indeed it is pretty much straight in the 3 blanks.

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Re: Middlemarch author George Eliot reportedly bemoaned the dear [#permalink]
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IlCreatore wrote:
sandy wrote:
Explanation

For the third blank, recycle the clue mundane; of the choices, only menial fits.


Where did you find the clue "mundane"?


No, in this case, mundane is not properly the right clue. Mundane means: banal, silly, whilst the meaning of menial here is as servant (her).

In fact, the elderly preacher Casaubon spoused Dorthea for this specific purpose: having a servant.

The question is pretty much convoluted and tries to mislead you with difficult words and sentences but indeed it is pretty much straight in the 3 blanks.

Ask if something is unclear to you.
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Menial basically means not requiring much skill and lacking prestige.
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Re: Middlemarch author George Eliot reportedly bemoaned the dear [#permalink]
where is the clue mundane here?i think it is bfh
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Forget that clue.

Focus on the main meaning of the sentence: considering that the main character was erudite, the only scope to matty her with an old preacher was to serve him. Simple enough.

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Hi,

Can someone help me with the third blank? I have trouble rejecting option H (clerical). Any ideas why it's not H??

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Can someone help me with the third blank? I have trouble rejecting option H (clerical). Any ideas why it's not H??

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See now Sir

The question was bad formatted: it missed a piece of sentence and the last third blank was catholic and not clerical

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arorni wrote:
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Can someone help me with the third blank? I have trouble rejecting option H (clerical). Any ideas why it's not H??

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See now Sir

The question was bad formatted: it missed a piece of sentence and the last third blank was catholic and not clerical

Thanks


Got it..Thanks
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Re: Middlemarch author George Eliot reportedly bemoaned the dear [#permalink]
Can someone help me with second blank?

Chimera means illusion of something that is unachievable. Here, Dorothea could be regarded as illusion as there was scarcity of such women.
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