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unnatural unkind C2 PP
unnatural, unkind, C2, PP; uncunde , SD.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

upon us country people
He looks down upon us country people as so many blackamoors.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

urbis utilitas cum perennes
Magna urbis utilitas cum perennes fontes muris includuntur, quod si natura non praestat, effondiendi, &c. 2909 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

urbibus universis claudi protinus
Note 170 ( return ) [ Placuit omnibus locis atque urbibus universis claudi protinus empla, et accessu vetitis omnibus licentiam delinquendi perditis abnegari.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

ungracious unceremonious cool pert
uncivil, ungracious, unceremonious; cool; pert, forward, obtrusive, impudent, rude, saucy, precocious. repulsive; uncomplaisant[obs3], unaccommodating, unneighborly, ungallant; inaffable[obs3]; ungentle, ungainly; rough, rugged, bluff, blunt, gruff; churlish, boorish, bearish; brutal, brusque; stern, harsh, austere; cavalier. taint, sour, crabbed, sharp, short, trenchant, sarcastic, biting, doggish, caustic, virulent, bitter, acrimonious, venomous, contumelious; snarling &c. v.; surly, surly as a bear; perverse; grim, sullen &c. 901a; peevish &c. (irascible) 901.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

uut cum prīmum
postquam , ubī̆ , ut , cum prīmum , simul atque , accompany the indicative.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

units usually called PWB
In contrast, the American psychological warfare structure included Theater operating units, usually called PWB (Psychological Warfare Branch), although it became PWD (Psychological Warfare Division) in SHAEF and did not grow beyond TPWO (Theater Psychological Warfare Officer) in China Theater.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

uut cum prīmum
Conjunctive , particle sentences, 1838-2122 ; introduced by quod , quia , 1838-1858 ; by nōn quod , nōn quō , &c., 1855 ; by cum , 1859-1881 ; by quoniam , 1882-1884 ; by quotiēns , quotiēnscumque , 1885-1887 ; by quam , 1888-1898 ; by quantus , ut , 1892 ; by quamquam , 1899-1902 ; by quamvīs , 1903-1906 ; by quamlibet , 1907 ; by tamquam , 1908-1910 ; by quemadmodum , 1908 ; by antequam , priusquam , 1911-1921 ; by prīdiē quam , postrīdiē quam , 1922 ; by postquam , ubī̆ , ut , cum prīmum , 1923-1934 ; by utī , ut , nē , 1935-1970 ; by ubī̆ , 1971 ; by quō , quī , 1972-1976 ; by quantō , 1973 ; by quōminus , 1977 , 1978 ; by quō sētius , 1979 ; by quīn , 1980-1990 ; by dum , dōnec , quoad , quamdiū , 1991-2009 ; by modo , 2003 ; by quandō , quandōque , 2010-2014 ; by sī , nisi , &c., 2015-2115 ; by etsī , tametsī , tamenetsī , etiamsī , sī , 2116 ; by quasi , quam sī , tamquam sī , &c., 2117-2122 ; particle sentences, in ind.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

uut cum prīmum
sentence resembling causal sentence, 1826 ; with quippe quī , ut quī , ut pote quī , 1827 ; with quippe quī (adv.), ut quī , 1828 ; quod attinet ad , &c., 1830 ; with quod , quia , 1838-1858 ; with cum , 1859-1871 , 1873-1876 , 1881 ; with quoniam , 1882-1884 ; with quotiēns , quotiēnscumque , 1885 , 1886 ; with quam , 1888-1895 ; with quantum , ut , 1892 ; with quamquam , 1899 , 1900 ; with quamvīs , 1905 , 1906 ; with tamquam , 1908 ; with quemadmodum , 1908 ; with antequam , priusquam , 1911-1921 ; with prīdiē quam, postrīdiē quam , 1922 ; with postquam , ubī̆ , ut , cum prīmum , 1923-1934 ; with utī, ut , 1935-1946 ; with ubī̆ , 1971 ; with quō, quī , 1972 , 1973 , 1976 ; with quantō , 1973 ; with dum , dōnec , quoad , quamdiū , 1991-2009 ; with quandō , 2010-2014 ; in conditional periods of indeterminate protases, 2023 , 2025-2071 , 2074 , 2078-2081 , 2086 , 2087 , 2090 ; in conditional periods of action non-occurrent, 2092 , 2097 , 2100-2108 , 2112-2114 ; with etsī , tametsī , tamenetsī , etiamsī , sī , 2116 .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

uut cum prīmum
tum , 1687 ; ubī̆ , ut , cum prīmum , 1923-1934 .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

under unfavorable conditions perhaps
He saw that there were only a few lines of writing on it, and that even this was done unevenly, as though the one who used the pen wrote under unfavorable conditions, perhaps on the edge of his bunk aboard a sailing vessel.
— from Fred Fenton on the Crew; Or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport School by Allen Chapman

union under circumstantial pressure
The survivors of two neighboring congregations, although belonging to different denominations, united in erecting a temporary church building—their respective churches having been destroyed—and have since worshipped together—a demonstration of the practicability of church union under circumstantial pressure.
— from Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster by Samuel Henry Prince

uncontrollable unfavorable conditions prevailing
The experience of the last fifteen years has taught that the occasional failures to which even good dry-farmers have been subjected have been caused almost wholly by uncontrollable unfavorable conditions prevailing at the time of sowing.
— from Dry-Farming : A System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by John Andreas Widtsoe

upon unoffending colored people
An official of the Government, after traversing Mississippi and Alabama, writes from Georgia in a very recent letter:— “Every day the press of the South testifies to the outrages that are being perpetrated upon unoffending colored people by the State militia.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 13 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

ug usa ca premio
dao magmacugui ca sa pagtoon, taga-an ca sa maestro ug usa ca premio If your sister is out, come here very soon Cun uala na caha sa balay ang imong igso-on, bumalic ca dinhi sa madali If you read the Ang Camatuoran , you will know a lot of news Ug magbasa ca sa
— from Mga Paquigpulong sa Iningles ug Binisaya by Gregorio de Santiago Vela

up until Colonel Pg
"Our survey job is held up until Colonel [Pg 88] Welsh arrives.
— from Dave Dawson at Casablanca by Robert Sidney Bowen

uncle uncle cried poor
you lost fifteen hundred francs at play at your age?” “Oh, uncle, uncle!” cried poor Oscar, plunged by these words into all the horrors of his position, and falling on his knees before his uncle, with clasped hands, “It is twelve o’clock!
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

uninterrupted unremitting continual perpetual
Ceaseless, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting, continual, perpetual, constant.
— from A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology by Richard Soule


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