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magúnaw ang kandílà kun idangdang
Mugúnaw (magúnaw) ang kandílà kun idangdang mu sa kaláyu, A candle will melt if you place it near a fire.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Masud and KKobad into
[707] Hadji Khalfa naïvely solves this doubt by rolling Masud and KKobad into one and the same person.
— from The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire; a history of the Osmanlis up to the death of Bayezid I (1300-1403) by Herbert Adams Gibbons

My appetite KOKO KLÍNGEN interrupts
[ Laughs ] She goes about lamenting, and sings— “My appetite,” KOKO KLÍNGEN [ interrupts ]— “How can I fight,” … BETSY [ chimes in ]— “Some one to chew I long.
— from Fruits of Culture by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

mouth at Kwala Kangsa is
This river, even one hundred and fifty miles from its mouth at Kwala Kangsa, is two hundred yards wide, and might easily be ascended by "stern-wheel" boats drawing a foot of water, such as those which ply on the upper Mississippi.
— from The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

My appetite Koko Klíngen interrupts
She goes about lamenting, and sings— "My appetite," Koko Klíngen (interrupts) — "How can I fight,".... Betsy (chimes in) — "Some one to chew I long.
— from Redemption and two other plays by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

mau a kana kane i
i ka pepehi mau a kana kane i na keiki mua; nolaila, noi aku la o
— from The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by S. N. Haleole

mist and Kit knew it
A roar came out of the mist and Kit knew it was the beat of surf on a hidden beach.
— from The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" by Harold Bindloss


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