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fine

/ˈfaɪ̯n/ adverb B2
  1. Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way. · Everything worked out fine.
  2. In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.
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Toto was a fine curiosity to all the people, for they had never seen a dog before.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 15 · B2
“I have heard much of your master’s fine person,” said Mrs.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 275 · B2
He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow of eighteen or twenty, with black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven’s wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 2 · C1
A HORSE, proud of his fine trappings, met an Ass on the highway.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 77 · B2

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