False static characters stay the same
4. <span>I seized the bell-rope; dropped it, ashamed; seized it again; dropped it once more; clutched it tremblingly once again, and pulled it so feebly that I could hardly hear the stroke myself.
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Answer:
explicitly expressly rejected the proposal
Explanation:
If you say something expressly, you say it in a clear way, so that your meaning cannot be doubted: