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did not play cards did
He did not play cards, did not drink, had no occupation, did not poke his nose into anything, and maintained a perpetual silence but yet he had somehow succeeded in getting through thirty to forty thousand roubles left him at his father's death.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

distinctions necessarily produce civil distinctions
Political distinctions necessarily produce civil distinctions.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Dwyw n producing cause Dwywaith
black, sable; gloomy Duad, n. a blacking; a bay in a building; length of plough land Duch, n. a sigh; a groan Duchan, n. a lampoon; a jeer Duchaniad, n. a lampooning Duchanol, a. lampooning Duchanu, v. to lampoon Duder, n. darkness; gloom Dudew, a. thick black Duedd, n. blackness gloom Dueg, n. melancholy Dug, n. that is over; a duke Duges, n. a duchess Dugiaeth, n. a dukedom Dugiol, a. belonging to a duke Duglais, n. a black stripe Duglwyd, n. the restharrow Dul, n. bang, thump Dulaid, n. a thumping Dulas, a. blackish blue Dulio, v. to bang, to thump Duloew, a. of shining black Dulwyd, n. dusky colour Dulyn, n. black water; melancholy; Dublin Dulys, n. lovage, an herb Dull, n. figure, shape, farm, manner; pattern Dulliad, n. formation Dulliedig, a. formed, modified Dullio, v. to form, to shape Dullnewid, v. to transfigure Dullnewidiad, transfiguration Dullwedd, n. style Duo, v. to blacken; to darken Dur, n. hard matter; steel Duraidd, a. of steely nature Durdeb, n. steeliness; solidity Duren, n. a steel to strike fire Durew, n. a black frost Durf, n. what is dense Durfin, a. dense, close hard Durfing, a. dense; austere Duriad, n. a steeling Durio, v. to steel; to edge Duro, a. of steel; solid, dense Duryn, n. a beak, a snout Durynog, a. beaked, snouted Duw, n. God, the Deity Duwdeb, n. divinity Duwdod, n. Godhead Duwiaeth, n. deism, Godhead Duwies, n. a goddess Duwin, a. of divine nature Duwindeb, n. divine nature Duwineb, n. divinity Duwinydd, n. a theologian, a divine Duwinyddiaeth, theology Duwiol, a. godly, pious Duwiolaeth, n. theocracy Duwioldeb, n. godliness, piety Duwioli, v. to deify Duwioliad, n. deification Dwb, n. mortar, cement Dwbiad, n. a daubing Dwbio, v. to daub, to plaster Dwbiwr, n. plasterer Dwbl, a. twofold, double Dwf, n. what glides; a glider Dwfn, a. deep Dwfr, n. water Dwg, n. a bearing, a carrying Dwgan, n. a trull, a trab Dŵl, n. reason, judgement Dwlw, n. action of the mind Dwll, n. an overspread Dwn, n. a murmur; bass: a. dun, swarthy, dusky Dwnad, n. report, rumour Dwndriad, n. a prating Dwndro, v. to prate, to chat Dwndwr, n. prating, tattle Dwned, v. to express, to say Dwr, n. a fluid; water Dwrd, n. a threat; a chiding Dwrdiad, n. a chiding Dwrdio, v. to chide; to threaten Dwrdiol, a. chiding Dwrdd, n. a rustle, a stir Dwrn, n. a fist; a hand Dws, n. what oozes out Dwsel, n. a faucet, a tap Dwthwn, n. a juncture; day Dwy, n. a cause; rule, order; two Dwyadeiniog, a. having two wings Dwyar, n. stirrups Dwydon, n. a dipthong Dwydalenog, a. bipetalous Dwyeg, n. a milt, a spleen Dwyen, n. the gills Dwyf, n. the self-existent Dwyfasglog, a. bivalve Dwyfawg, n. the betany Dwyfed, a. second Dwyfol, a. divine, godly Dwyfolaeth, n. deification Dwyfolder, n. godliness Dwyfoli, v. to deify Dwyfron, n. the breasts Dwyfroneg, n. the breast-plate Dwylaw, n. the two hand Dwyliw, n. two female parties Dwylofaid, the full of both hands Dwylofi, v. to stroke with hands Dwyn, a. agreeable: v. to bear, to carry; to carry away; to steal Dwyndeb, n. pleasantness Dwynol, a. pleasing, agreeable Dwyr, n. the dawn; orient Dwyrain, n. the east: a. abounding with dawnings Dwyran, n. two shores Dwyre, n. a bursting to light: v. to rise, to view Dwyread, n. a rising up Dwyreain, v. to rise, to view Dwyreiniol, a. oriental Dwyreinwynt, n. east wind Dwyreol, a. ortive, surgent Dwys, a. dense, heavy, grave Dwysder, n. density, gravity Dwysiad, n. condensation Dwysill, n. dissyllable Dwyso, v. to condense Dwysogaeth, n. condensation Dwysol, n. condensing Dwyw, n. producing cause Dwywaith, adv. twice Dy, a pref.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

diuisione nel Popolo che di
L’altra seconda cosa è di mettere diuisione nel Popolo, che di ciò non accade produrne ragioni, ueggendosi pur troppo per gl’ istessi capitoli dell’ accordo.
— from The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II by James Westfall Thompson

ducebat nos per curias diuitum
Postea tamen quando incepit nos melius cognoscere, ducebat nos per curias diuitum Moallorum: et oportebat nos orare pro ipsis.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 02 by Richard Hakluyt

did not provide cover dense
The forbs themselves did not provide cover dense enough to constitute good vole habitat.
— from A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas by Edwin Perry Martin

done no pen can describe
“Done, that Sterbohol work; those foot-chargings, horse-chargings; that battery of Homoly Hill; and, hanging upon that, all manner of redoubts and batteries to the rightward and rearward; but how it was done no pen can describe, nor any intellect in clear sequence understand.
— from History of Frederick the Second, Called Frederick the Great. by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

did not personally command direct
He represents (p. 22,) that Putnam at last persuaded "the prudent Ward" "to grant him a detachment" "to meet the enemy;" and went to Breed's Hill under "an express agreement" that he was "to have the direction and superintendence of the whole expedition" (p. 23,): and he proves that Putnam was the commander by the nature of the army, by his rank, and a third and fourth time, by his conduct in the battle, during which "there was scarcely a regiment, corps, or individual of the army that Putnam did not personally command, direct, or encourage" (p. 28,): 31 for "he was galloping from end to end of the line, encouraging, directing, commanding every body."
— from The Command in the Battle of Bunker Hill With a Reply to "Remarks on Frothingham's History of the Battle, by S. Swett" by Richard Frothingham

did not play Clara Douglas
On this occasion I did not play Clara Douglas as I had done during the revival at the Prince of Wales's, but the comedy part, Georgina Vesey.
— from The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections by Ellen Terry

did not put Carrie down
Jumping over, he held out his arms and did not put Carrie down until he had carried her some distance from the channel.
— from Partners of the Out-Trail by Harold Bindloss


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