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makes us neglect to use
Too much apparatus, designed to guide us in our experiments and to supplement the exactness of our senses, makes us neglect to use those senses.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

mangunguut ug nahibalu ta ug
Misúka na ang mangunguut ug nahibalu ta ug kinsay íyang kaúban, The pickpocket squealed and we know who his companions were. n vomit, the contents expelled from the stomach. — kalíbang n intestinal disorder of vomiting combined with diarrhea.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

monogamy Uncorn n the unicorn
above: adv. above Ud, n. a howl, a yell; a blast Udfa, n. a howling, a yelling Udgan, n. a sound of a trumpet Udganiad, n. the act of sounding a trumpet Udganu, v. to sound a trumpet Udgorn, n. a trumpet Udiad, n. a howling, a yelling Udlef, n. a howling voice Udo, v. to howl, to yell Udol, a. howling, yelling Udon, n. a solemn cry Udoniad, n. an imprecation Udoniaeth, n. imprecation Udd, n. what is over; a chief Uf, n. what is over or spread Ufelai, n. oxygen Ufelier, n. what flames out Ufelu, v. to generate fire Ufelyddiad, n. ignition Ufell, a humble, obsequous Ufudd, a. humble, obedient Ufudd-dod, n. obedience Ufuddgar, a. obsequous, meek Ufuddâd, n. humiliation Ufuddâu, v. to obey, to be humble Ufuddoldeb, n. humbleness Uffarn, n. the ankle Uffern, n. hell, hades Uffernol, a. infernal, hellish Ug, n. what is enveloping Ugain, Ugaint, a twenty Ugeinfed, a. twentieth Ugeinplyg, a. twenty-fold Ul, n. what is humid; closeness, a. damp; close, muggy Ulai, a. hydrogen Uliad, n. a making damp; a growing muggy Uliar, n. a plegmatic habit Ulo, v. to damp; to smother; to become close or muggy; to heat with dampness Ulw, Ulwyn, n. ashes, cinders Ull, n. what is abrupt or quick Ullda, n. a crazy one, a fickle one, an oaf Ulliad, n. a sudden driving Un, n. an individual, one: a. one; identical, same Unad, n. a making one, union Unarbymtheg, a. sixteen Unarddeg, a. eleven Unben, Unbeniad, n. a monarch: sir Unbenaethol, Unbenol, a. monarchical Unbriodas, n. monogamy Uncorn, n. the unicorn Undad, a. of the same father Undeb, n. unity; concord Undeg, a. eleven
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

my utmost not to upset
My pride was up, and I was bound to do my utmost not to upset.
— from The Land of the Long Night by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu

moved until near their usual
But, glaring and dazzling as was the light, no ray penetrated the gloom that shrouded the otters, who never moved until near their usual stirring-time.
— from The Life Story of an Otter by J. C. (John Coulson) Tregarthen

morning until night they urged
So eager were the friends to see it that they could not journey fast enough to satisfy themselves, and from morning until night they urged each other on.
— from The Story-teller by Maud Lindsay

move up nearer to us
If I were you I'd move up nearer to us the first time there's a place to let.
— from The Making of Mona by Mabel Quiller-Couch

men use nowadays to utter
"What a capital old fellow the governor is!" said Paul, in the fashion young men use, nowadays, to utter their affections.
— from Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney


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