I used to be so pleased when you sent me your photos to see that you were growing up like Liz: you’ve just her ladylike, determined way. — from Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw
Then said Kjersti: "You are now grown up, Lisbeth Longfrock, and hereafter you will be free to decide things for yourself. — from Lisbeth Longfrock by Hans Aanrud
got up lazily laughing
Then he got up, lazily, laughing and showing his ugly teeth, and stood in front of his bath with his heavy wooden club in his hand. — from Tales of Troy and Greece by Andrew Lang
generally understood less liable
That names are far more useful than things, being more generally understood, less liable to objections, of greater circulation, besides occupying much less room. — from The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper
[70] " get akiri ahkee'ree " get up leviĝi lehvee'jee " give doni doh'nee " go iri eer'ee " go in eniri ehneer'ee " go out eliri ehleer'ee " grow kreski kreh'skee " guide gvidi gvee'dee " hate malami mahlah'mee " have havi hah'vee " hear aŭdi ahw'dee " hesitate heziti heh-zee'tee " hide kaŝi kah'shee " hope esperi espehr'ee " imagine imagi imah'ghee " ignore ignori ignoh'ree " intend intenci intehnt'see " introduce (one) prezenti prehzehn'tee — (a thing) enkonduki ehnkon-doo'kee " joke ŝerci shehrt'see " jump salti sahl'tee " know scii stsee'ee " laugh ridi ree'dee " learn lerni lehr'nee " lend pruntedoni proon'teh-doh'nee " lie down kuŝiĝi koo-shee'jee " live (be alive) vivi vee'vee " look for serĉi sehr'chee " lose perdi pehr'dee " love ami ah'mee " marry, intr. — from Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation by William W. Mann
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spelled out by the first letters of consecutive words.
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