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tribes are known under translations of
It is probable that the Iroquois simply translated the name (Chalaque) current in the South, as we find is the case in the West, where the principal plains tribes are known under translations of the same names in all the different languages.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

them almost knocked up to Oxford
The first division of their journey occupied a long day, and brought them, almost knocked up, to Oxford; but the second was over at a much earlier hour.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

tea and Keene used the opportunity
They drank tea, and Keene used the opportunity of putting down his cup to take a nearer seat.
— from Demos by George Gissing

truth and kept up the old
She hid the truth and kept up the old tradition of having loved only once, partly because it was true she had not felt actual love again, but partly for vanity's sake….
— from Secret Bread by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse

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