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'I know,' Corbett replied quietly.
They got up and walked out before I had a chance to reply.
I asked him how he was, and he replied with a shrug.
It took them a week to reply to my letter.
When asked where he was going, he replied that it was none of their business.
This is the British English definition of reply. View American English definition of reply.
relating to the Sun, or coming from the Sun
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