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aspire to

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aspire to something
to seek or aim for something better. She aspires to a job more challenging than her current position. I aspire to far greater things.
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There once lived, in a sequestered part of the county of Devonshire, one Mr Godfrey Nickleby: a worthy gentleman, who, taking it into his head rather late in life that he must get married, and not being young enough or rich enough to aspire to the hand of a lady of fortune, had wedded an old flame out of mere attachment, who in her turn had taken him for the same reason.
This is about as much as the college-bred generally do or aspire to do, and they take an English paper for the purpose.
So Tip's guardian, however much she might aspire to working magic, realized it was unlawful to be more than a Sorceress, or at most a Wizardess.
 
 
 
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