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say

/seɪ/ adverb C2
  1. For example; let us assume. · Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach.· He was driving pretty fast, say, fifty miles per hour.
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“But,” replied the owner, glancing after Dantès, who was watching the anchoring of his vessel, “it seems to me that a sailor needs not be so old as you say, Danglars, to understand his business, for our friend Edmond seems to understand it thoroughly, and not to require instruction from anyone.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 4 · C1
“And what did he say to you?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 6 · C1
Morrel, I beg of you,” said he, “not to say a word to Dantès on the subject.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 7 · C1
“Say I have a poor father, sir.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 9 · C1

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