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nang plása padúng
Kurusa (kurusi) nang plása padúng sa simbahan, Cross that plaza on your way to the church. (←)
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

nests pro pullis
The jealous peasants, not themselves having the right of hunting, and who continually saw Master Abbot passing on his hunting excursions, said, with malice, that "the monks never forgot to pray for the success of the litters and nests ( pro pullis et nidis ), in order that game might always be abundant."
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

new public policy
Against this surging forward of Irish and German, of Russian Jew, Slav and "dago" her social bars have not availed, but against Negroes she can and does take her unflinching and immovable stand, backed by this new public policy of Europe.
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

no pude pensar
Porque no pude pensar Because Icould never have come que lo pudierais lograr.
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

no private person
It was appropriated to the kings, and no private person had any share in the produce; at present it belongs to the governors.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

nûntiat parat portat
nauta pecûnia puella pugna sagitta silva terra tuba via victôria Adjectives alta bona clâra grâta lâta longa magna mala nova parva pulchra sôla Verbs amat dat est habitat labôrat laudat nârrat necat nûntiat parat portat pugnat sunt vocat Prepositions Pronouns Adverbs Conjunctions Interrogative Particle â or ab ad cum dê ê or ex in
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

native people preach
She does not let native people preach sedition in native newspapers, because of “sentimental bosh” about freedom of the press, until the whole country becomes a smouldering hot-bed of sedition.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

not paying pledge
In this society promises will be made; in this society the object is to provide the promiser with a memory; in this society, so may we suspect, there will be full scope for hardness, cruelty, and pain: the "ower," in order to induce credit in his promise of repayment, in order to give a guarantee of the earnestness and sanctity of his promise, in order [Pg 71] to drill into his own conscience the duty, the solemn duty, of repayment, will, by virtue of a contract with his creditor to meet the contingency of his not paying, pledge something that he still possesses, something that he still has in his power, for instance, his life or his wife, or his freedom or his body (or under certain religious conditions even his salvation, his soul's welfare, even his peace in the grave; so in Egypt, where the corpse of the ower found even in the grave
— from The Genealogy of Morals The Complete Works, Volume Thirteen, edited by Dr. Oscar Levy. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

no particular pretensions
But of that I will not speak, being myself an alien with no particular pretensions to be desirable.
— from What I Saw in America by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

NAPOLEON Preface PART
THE DYNASTS: AN EPIC-DRAMA OF THE WAR WITH NAPOLEON Preface PART FIRST Characters Fore Scene.
— from The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon by Thomas Hardy

n push press
Thring , v. n. == push, press.
— from A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300 by Herbert Coleridge

neither promised parley
in the vain hope of conquering England.--E.] And after that, Sir John Norris marched from Peniche in Portugal with a handful of soldiers to the gates of Lisbon, being above 40 English miles: Where the earl of Essex himself, and other valiant gentlemen, braved the city of Lisbon, encamping at the very gates: from whence, after many days abode, finding neither promised parley nor provision wherewith to batter, they made their retreat by land, in spite of all their garrisons both of horse and foot.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert Kerr

Napoli Paris Praha
Milano München Napoli Paris Praha Roma ( de France )
— from The Science of Animal Locomotion (Zoopraxography) An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements by Eadweard Muybridge

none Political pressure
Judicial branch: Supreme Court in New Zealand exercises civil and criminal jurisdiction in Tokelau Political parties and leaders: none Political pressure groups and leaders: none International organization participation: PIF (observer), SPC, UNESCO (associate), UPU Diplomatic representation in the US: none (territory of New Zealand)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

national parks pp
Chapter on national parks, pp.
— from Crater Lake National Park, Oregon by Anonymous

never punctually paid
Her salary, more than modest, was never punctually paid, and she was expected to dress "like everyone else"; that is to say, like very few people indeed.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 01, January 1891 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

niveau passant par
[63] 'Toute la couche supérieure au plan de niveau passant par le seuil était chargée de brouillard; toute la couche inférieure
— from Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland by G. F. (George Forrest) Browne


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