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keep exercising your stomach
Ug sígi kang ihirsisyu, mabugkus ímung tiyan, If you keep exercising, your stomach will get trimmed down.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

king except your secrets
That was a good answer therefore that the comic poet Philippides made to king Lysimachus, who greeted him kindly, and said to him, 578 "What shall I give you of all my possessions?" "Whatever you like, O king, except your secrets."
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

know everything you see
Don't let her get nervous about you, but watch her as much as you can, and let me know everything you see and hear.
— from The Brand of Silence A Detective Story by Harrington Strong

knight everything you see
It is, that, upon your honour as true man and good knight, everything you see or hear from this spot till I lead you back to the high road again, shall be forgotten as soon as you quit me, and revealed to no one--no, not to your confessor."
— from Forest Days: A Romance of Old Times by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

kings enow ye shall
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS Ay, kings enow ye shall behold anon, Aegyptus' sons—Ye shall not want for kings.
— from Four Plays of Aeschylus by Aeschylus

know everything you said
“I know everything you said and did to scare those people into fits, and when they wouldn’t scare, but just lapped up your spook rackets, you quit, as you say, and then,—they took up the business themselves.”
— from The Room with the Tassels by Carolyn Wells

know em yourself sir
" "Do I——show it so——plainly, Zeb?" "No, sir, but Mrs. Agatha's a remarkable woman—and I've learned to know you in all these years, to know your looks and ways better than you know 'em yourself, sir, wherefore I did ventur' to put two and two together and made 'em five, it seems.
— from Our Admirable Betty: A Romance by Jeffery Farnol

know either your society
I don't care to know either your society, or its customs, or its conventionalities.
— from French and Oriental Love in a Harem by Mario Uchard

killed Encourage your son
“It is too dangerous; some of the best aviators have lost their lives and you know that one of the Wright brothers came within a hair of being killed. Encourage your son, if you wish, in the sport, for those who are boys to-day are the ones that will make the greatest discoveries and advances in aviation, but do not let him take any risks that can be avoided.
— from The Flying Boys in the Sky by Edward Sylvester Ellis

know enough you see
We don’t know enough, you see.
— from A Campfire Girl's Happiness by Jane L. Stewart


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