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like a zone You
I'd praise you if I found you snugly in the centre, With youth and revel round you like a zone: You each, at home, are quite enough alone.
— from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

lishuah Ayin Zayin Yod
Yod Resh He) ) the corner stone thereof" from top to bottom? 2. Ozi vezimrat yah vayei li lishuah (Ayin Zayin Yod, Vav Zayin Mem Resh Tav, Yod He, Vav Yod He Yod, Lamed Yod, Lamed
— from Rashi by Maurice Liber

locomoteef and zen you
[182] of ze chemin de fer —what you call ze locomoteef; and zen you say to him: 'Yes, yes—all is well; we comprehend fully.'"
— from Fibble, D.D. by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb


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