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herself

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her·self  (hûr-slf)
pron.
1. That one identical with her:
a. Used reflexively as the direct or indirect object of a verb or as the object of a preposition: She bought herself a new car. She sculpted a likeness of herself.
b. Used for emphasis: She herself was certain of the facts.
c. Used in an absolute construction: In office herself, she helped him get a job.
2. Her normal or healthy condition or state: She's feeling herself again.

[Middle English hire self, from Old English hire selfre, dative of ho self : ho, she; see she + self, self; see self.]

herself
pron
1.
a. the reflexive form of she or her: she busied herself at the stove
b. used for emphasis: none other than The Great Mother herself
2. her normal self: she hasn't been herself all week
Translations
herself [həːˈsɛlf] pron (reflexive) → se;
(emphatic) → ella misma;
(after prep) → sí (misma) see also oneself
herself [həːˈsɛlf] pron (reflexive) → se;
(emphatic) → elle-même;
(after prep) → elle see also oneself
herself [həːˈsɛlf] pronsich;
(emphatic) → (sie) selbst see also oneself
herself [həːˈsɛlf] pron (reflexive) → si;
(emphatic) → lei stessa;
(after prep) → se stessa,


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The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well.
She found herself thinking of the bygone days of her humiliation almost as harshly as Henry Westwick had thought of them-- she who had rebuked him the last time he had spoken slightingly of his brother in her presence
de la Rocheaimard usually slept the soundest at this hour, and, hitherto, Adrienne had not hesitated to leave her, while she went herself to the nearest public promenade, to breathe the pure air and to gain strength for the day.
 
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