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cannon ej denotes a Place specially
-eg denotes Augmentation , Intensity of Degree : granda , big, great, grandega , enormous; bela , beautiful, belega , magnificent; ŝtono , stone, ŝtonego , rock; pafilo , a gun, pafilego , cannon. -ej denotes a Place specially set apart for or allotted to: preĝi , to pray, preĝejo , church; manĝi , to eat, manĝejo , refectory; kuirejo , kitchen; enirejo , entrance; elirejo , exit.
— from Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation by William W. Mann

cholera erysipelas diphtheria and probably smallpox
In the first group are included those parasites that cause tapeworm, malaria, trichinosis, and hookworm; in the second group those bacteria that cause typhoid fever, cholera, erysipelas, diphtheria, and probably smallpox, measles, scarlet feve
— from Rural Hygiene by Henry N. (Henry Neely) Ogden

cases each desire and passion standing
In such cases each desire and passion, standing in a close and direct relationship to the spirit or self of the whole organism, is easily and willingly indrawn again at the appointed time; and there is little 91 or no struggle or agony.
— from The Drama of Love and Death: A Study of Human Evolution and Transfiguration by Edward Carpenter

comedia en dos actos por Serafín
Asi se escribe la historia, comedia en dos actos, por Serafín y Joaquín Álvarez Quintero; edited by Edwin B. Place.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1954 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

characters except doctors and police should
“When I came home from the hospital last night, at an hour when all respectable characters, except doctors and police, should be in their warm beds, I beheld a light in Norman’s window, so methought I would see what Gravity was doing out of his bed at midnight—”
— from The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

could eat den an plenty sugar
"Dem was sho' good times, 'caze us had all us could eat den, an' plenty sugar cane to make 'lasses outten.
— from Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration


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