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abstract subtract prevent exclude debar
ANT: Export, remove, abstract, subtract, prevent, exclude, debar, transport.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

a su primo entre dulces
Poco después, la hija de doña Perfecta Polentinos dirigía a su primo, entre dulces lágrimas, una mirada tierna, seguida de estas palabras: —Te quiero desde antes de conocerte.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

a shiver pass every day
And I have, in spite of everything, preserved such a mysterious, overwhelming fear of events that the sight of the postman entering my house makes a shiver pass every day through my veins, and yet I have nothing to be afraid of now.”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

against some particular enemy defensive
Offensive alliances, of course, are usually directed against some particular enemy; defensive alliances against anyone from Page 116
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

Attorneys Special Pleaders Equity Draftsmen
[314] A popular designation of Osgoode Hall long in vogue was "Lawyers' Hall:" "Farewell, Toronto, of great glory, Of valour, too, in modern story; Farewell to Courts, to Lawyers' Hall, The Justice seats, both great and small: Farewell Attorneys, Special Pleaders, Equity Draftsmen, and their Readers.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

are some pretty Easter daisies
“Here are some pretty Easter daisies,” he said, “and enough of them to furnish oracles to all the amorous maids in the place.”
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

a small place extremely dirty
On enquiring for a place where we might pass the night, we were directed to the public Rancho, but finding it a small place, extremely dirty, and occupied by a number of black Tropeiros, I could not think of taking up my quarters there.
— from Travels in the Interior of Brazil Principally through the northern provinces, and the gold and diamond districts, during the years 1836-1841 by George Gardner

A short pause ensued during
A short pause ensued, during which the Raya learned that constant messages were passing between the camps of the Sultan and Asada Khan.
— from A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India by Nunes, Fernão, active 16th century

a shallow place escaped drowning
The boys were thrown into a shallow place, escaped drowning, and, the water subsiding, they were left on dry land.
— from Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Robert F. Pennell

a Sabbath past expression deep
It was a Sabbath past expression deep, and tranquil, and serene.
— from Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

and spiders pretty equally distributed
They are not far to seek, and he soon has a score of large black ants, with a few bugs and spiders, pretty equally distributed among the frying-pans.
— from Woodcraft and Camping by George Washington Sears


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