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certain

/ˈsɝ.tən/ particle C2
  1. Having been determined but not specified. · Certain people are good at running.
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“I know nothing for certain; only I have seen things which induce me to believe, as I told you, that the future captain will find some annoyance in the vicinity of the Vieilles Infirmeries.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 20 · C1
And so, it is quite certain he is coming?”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 308 · B2
A CERTAIN HOUSE was overrun with Mice.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 51 · B2
“Oh, to be sure!” responded Danglars, who had now approached the group, “nothing more than a mistake, I feel quite certain.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 33 · C1

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