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sa pridyidir A guarantee on

Garantíya sa pridyidir, A guarantee on the refrigerator.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

so prodigious a growth or

There is no instance upon record of so prodigious a growth, or so rapid a destruction: the manner in which the latter change takes place is not difficult to describe.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

she poured a glass of

Once she poured a glass of beer on his head at the German dub.
— from The Bet, and other stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

sandwiched position and goes over

Whereupon she leaves her sandwiched position and goes over to another part of the room, and sits down where there is a vacant seat beside her.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

sa pisami A gallon of

Ang usa ka galun nga pintal dílì makakátap sa pisami, A gallon of paint will not cover the entire ceiling.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

snakes produce a grating or

Some snakes produce a grating or rattling noise.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

shall play a game of

And we shall play a game of chess, Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.
— from The Waste Land by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

sighed profoundly and gazed out

He sighed profoundly and gazed out into the sunny square.
— from Bull-dog Drummond: The Adventures of a Demobilised Officer Who Found Peace Dull by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile

She paused and glanced over

She paused and glanced over her shoulder to make sure that the door was shut.
— from In Blue Creek Cañon by Anna Chapin Ray

Swiss peasant a guarantee of

‘But while the law has given to the Swiss peasant a guarantee of perpetuity, it is to the Scottish laird that it has extended this guarantee in the British empire, leaving the peasant in a precarious situation.’
— from Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Hugh Miller

she pursued and gained on

But still she pursued and gained on them, when he threw behind him his flint, which again retarded her, for it made her slip and stumble, so that her knees were bleeding; but she continued to follow on, and was gaining ground, when the young man said, “Let the Oshau shaw go min un (snake berry) spring up to detain her,” and immediately these berries spread like scarlet all over the path for a long distance, which she could not avoid stooping down to pick and eat.
— from The Indian in his Wigwam; Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America From Original Notes and Manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

seventh plea a good one

He looked carefully over all the papers in the case, as was his custom, and seeing my ingenious subterfuge, asked, "Is this seventh plea a good one?" Proud of the exhibition of my skill, I answered that it was.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

so powerful as Glaucus of

{319} Because Philammon was not so powerful as Glaucus of Carystus[n] and some other athletes of former times, he did not leave Olympia uncrowned: but because he fought better than all who entered against him, he was crowned and proclaimed victor.
— from The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 by Demosthenes

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