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boot all round easily letting it
Raise it just above the boot, all round, easily, letting it fall again in the old folds.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

be all right Eric landed in
"The boy had better be all right...." Eric landed in the canyon and made sure that the aircar was hidden under a ledge, with branches drawn about it so that no one could spot it from above.
— from Homo Inferior by Mari Wolf

branches as real estate legacies insurance
Specialists in such branches as real estate, legacies, insurance, etc., are in receipt of immense revenue.
— from One Thousand Ways to Make Money by Page Fox

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