The people we meet in books can delight us either because they resemble the friends we hold dear in real life, or because they are unfamiliar people that we are pleased to get to know.

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I'm not familiar with that term.

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The myth offers insights into the ancient civilization.

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The speaker didn't know his subject, nor did he speak well; in short, he was disappointing.

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