She drank some champagne, brightened up, grew lively and I went home with her.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

, I will place a big bet on this round because it is a sure win. — ang payà v [a3] for s.o. who is usually morose to become unusually gay (lit.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

It's nothing to me, of course, but I should think he would have come and bid us goodbye like a gentleman," she said to herself, with a despairing look at the gate, as she put on her things for the customary walk one dull afternoon.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Wên Chung, mounting his black unicorn, galloped like a whiff of smoke to meet Tzŭ-ya, but was stopped by blows from two silver hammers wielded by Huang T’ien-hua.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

Beziehung Unternehmensleitung / Gewerkschaft labour relations Beziehung zw.
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

2 2 The intuitive decision of a bright And thorough-edged intellect to part Error from crime; a prudence to withhold; The laws of marriage 3 character'd in gold Upon the blanched 4 tablets of her heart; A love still burning upward, giving light To read those laws; an accent very low In blandishment, but a most silver flow Of subtle-paced counsel in distress, Right to the heart and brain, tho' undescried, Winning its way with extreme gentleness Thro' 5 all the outworks of suspicious pride; A courage to endure and to obey; A hate of gossip parlance, and of sway, Crown'd Isabel, thro' 6 all her placid life, The queen of marriage, a most perfect wife.
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

"They bring us good luck," explained Hans.
— from Little Greta of Denmark by Bernadine Bailey

In fact, they arose out of those very papers which we have had before us." Gualtier looked at Hilda, as she said this, with the closest attention.
— from The Cryptogram: A Novel by James De Mille

“May it blow us good luck!”
— from Antony Waymouth; Or, The Gentlemen Adventurers by William Henry Giles Kingston

There are cases on record where keepers have had officers on the beat and plainclothes men arrest street walkers; they have also been known to “beat up” girls loitering near their places.
— from Commercialized Prostitution in New York City by George J. (George Jackson) Kneeland

Auguste tried to slink away, but old Dorfeuil held him fast while he told of all that he owed him, and finished his story by saying to Auguste: “As you see, your benefaction brought us good luck.
— from The Milkmaid of Montfermeil (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XX) by Paul de Kock