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the ear she stopped short
Then as its character became plain to the ear she stopped short, amazed and concerned.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

tālis e suddenly subitō suffer
others , aliī ... aliī ( § 110 ) something , quid; aliquid ( § 487 ) son , fīlius, fīlī, m. soon , mox space , spatium, spatī, n. spear , pīlum, -ī, n. spirited , ācer, ācris, ācre; alacer, alacris, alacre spring , fōns, fontis, m. spur , calcar, -āris, n. stand , stō, 1 341 state , cīvitās, -ātis, f. station , conlocō, 1 steadiness , cōnstantia, -ae, f. stone , lapis, -idis, m. storm , oppugnō, 1 story , fābula, -ae, f. street , via, -ae, f. strength , vīs, (vīs), f. strong , fortis, -e; validus, -a, -um sturdy , validus, -a, -um such , tālis, -e suddenly , subitō suffer punishment , supplicium dō sufficiently , satis suitable , idōneus, -a, -um summer , aestās, -ātis, f. sun , sōl, sōlis, m. supplies , commeātus, -ūs, m. surrender , trādō, 3 suspect , suspicor, 1 swift , celer, -eris, -ere; vēlōx, -ōcis sword , gladius, gladī,
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

to Europe so soon since
"Why—since she's going back to Europe so soon; since Granny approves and understands, and has arranged to make her independent of her husband—" She broke off, and Archer, grasping the corner of the mantelpiece in one convulsed hand, and steadying himself against it, made a vain effort to extend the same control to his reeling thoughts.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

trouble ever since she started
I’ve been expecting trouble ever since she started to school.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

the enormous skeleton still stands
We have the means of distinctly ascertaining its dimensions and its accommodations from the great mass of wall that still remains entire; and although the very clamps of iron and brass that held together the ponderous stones of this wonderful edifice were removed by Gothic plunderers, and succeeding generations have resorted to it as to a quarry for their temples and their palaces—yet the "enormous skeleton" still stands to show what prodigious works may be raised by the skill and perseverance of man, and how vain are the mightiest displays of his physical power when compared with those intellectual efforts which have extended the empire of virtue and of science.
— from Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner

the eternal stars still shine
Will not the eternal stars still shine?
— from Poems by John L. (John Lawson) Stoddard


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