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flagitious unfettered nefarious gross
SYN: Rude, strange, uncivilized, brutal, cruel, ferocious, inhuman, merciless, outlandish, savage, uncouth, atrocious, flagitious, unfettered, nefarious, gross.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

flames unhurt not giving
Alkibiades, on discovering them, flung most of the bedding and clothes on to the fire, wrapped his cloak round his left arm, and with his dagger in his right dashed through the flames unhurt, not giving his clothes time to catch fire.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

Fetch up Nell Gwynn
'Fetch up Nell Gwynn,’ he says.
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

friend upbraid Nor grudge
Yet will I not my Trojan friend upbraid, Nor grudge th’ alliance I so gladly made.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil

Fetch up Nell Gwynn
'Fetch up Nell Gwynn,' he says.
— from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) by Mark Twain

fachmännisch unprofessional nicht gewerkschaftlich
nicht dauerhaft beschäftigte Arbeitskräfte secondary employment nicht dauerhaft beschäftigte Arbeitskräfte secondary labor force nicht erhältlich unavailable nicht fachmännisch unprofessional nicht gewerkschaftlich organisierter Arbeiter non-unionized worker nicht produktiv, müßig, brachliegend idle nicht rentabel
— from Mr. Honey's Work Study Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

failed utterly not getting
She then tried by means of the cards to spell out the Inquirer’s name, but failed utterly, not getting a single letter right; then she recommenced and threatened him with so much bad luck that he began almost to fear that he would break his leg before he rose from his chair, or would instantly fall down in a fit
— from The Witches of New York by Q. K. Philander Doesticks

folks up Norf gwine
She say white folks up Norf gwine to help nigger now, right erlong.
— from The Law of the Land Of Miss Lady, Whom It Involved in Mystery, and of John Eddring, Gentleman of the South, Who Read Its Deeper Meaning: A Novel by Emerson Hough

fields unburied not grateful
At intervals, a dead horse lay by the roadside, or in the fields, unburied, not grateful to gods or men.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

fields unburied not grateful
At intervals, a dead horse lay by the road-side, or in the fields, unburied, not grateful to gods or men, I saw no bird of prey, no ill-omened fowl, on my way to the carnival of death, or at the place where it was held.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

fortunately under no great
Meantime the Polaris herself was ashore on Lyttelton Island, where Buddington, his officers and men, fourteen souls in all, had to pass the winter, fortunately under no great privations, as the stores were saved.
— from The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper

for us no guardian
There are no dryads in our trees, nor nymphs among the reeds that fringe the river; even our peaks hold for us no guardian spirit, that may take the reckless trespasser and bind him in a rock for ever.
— from The Soul of a People by H. (Harold) Fielding


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