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Quote by John Strachan
I need hardly tell you that I am not popular.
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The speaker says that their lack of popularity is so obvious that it barely needs to be mentioned. “I need hardly tell you” gives the statement a confident, slightly dry tone, while “I am not popular” plainly acknowledges that other people do not generally favor or admire them.
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- Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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