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In general, their presence is meant to throw you off your game by design.

This wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.

You never cared—you were too proud to care; and when I spoke to you about my fault, you did n't even know what I meant.

He could not tell what I meant by secrets of state, where an enemy or some rival nation were not in the case.

That woman meant mischief, or she would never have dared to suggest that a British officer should throw in his lot with hers.

But, without telling me what she meant to do, mother took it all to the Casino—and—it followed the rest.