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room and preach a long and
Even after the preparations of which I have spoken, I shall take good care not to go all of a sudden to Emile’s room and preach a long and heavy sermon on the subject in which he is to be instructed.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

rhetoric also poems and letters all
He left works on theology, philosophy, rhetoric, also poems and letters, all of which have been published.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

ridge as possible and leaving a
Then Egil Ulserk set up the ten banners he had with him, and placed the men who carried them so that they should go as near the summit of the ridge as possible, and leaving a space between each of them.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

rejections Aussichten prospects Aussperrung lockout ausstatten
Ausnahme exception Ausnahmebestimmung exemption clause ausnahmsweise exceptional ausnutzen exploit Ausnutzung exploitation ausradieren erase ausreichend sufficient ausreichend Material sufficient material Ausrüstung equipment Ausrüstung outfit ausschließen eliminate ausschließen exclude ausschließlich exclusive ausschließliches Recht sole right Ausschluss exclusion Ausschreibung bidding Ausschreibung invitation to bid Ausschuss commission Ausschussware rejections Aussichten prospects Aussperrung lockout ausstatten equip Ausstattung equipment Ausstattung outfit ausstehende Beträge outstanding sums ausstellen display ausstellen exhibit Aussteller drawer Aussteller exhibiting company Aussteller exhibitor Aussteller issuer
— from Mr. Honey's Small Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

run any place as long as
Ellaby stifled a wild impulse to scream and run out of there, run any place as long as he could leave the room and the personnel advisor behind him.
— from The Dictator by Stephen Marlowe

romp and play and laugh and
With his share of the martens he would pay his debt to the company, and he and Douglas would let the mail boat doctor sell the silver fox and other skins for them, and Emily would go to the hospital and after a little while come back her old gay little self again, to romp and play and laugh and tease him as she used to do.
— from Ungava Bob: A Winter's Tale by Dillon Wallace

revered abroad Princes and lords are
"From scenes like these auld Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad; Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, 'An honest man's the noblest work of God.'
— from The Genius of Scotland; or, Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Robert Turnbull

rope and put a loop around
Larry commented as the amphibian, moving cautiously, came close enough for him to catch a rope and put a loop around the closest truss of the submerged seaplane.
— from The Haunted Hangar Sky Scouts/Air Mystery series #3 by Van Powell

road a piece and likely as
"Well, I'll tell you what 't is," said Mrs. Baxter; "you and Jane had better run up the road a piece, and likely as not you'll find it; and I'll have tea all ready when you come home.
— from Young Lucretia and Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman


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