Writer Lost Plot With Trifle

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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noun • Russian author remembered for two great novels (1828-1910)
	25%	9		Lost the plot
verb • lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking • wander from a direct or straight course
	25%	9		Trifle or toy with
verb • conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

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