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unrihtgewilnung y unrihtwilnung
unrihtgewilnung (y) = unrihtwilnung unrihtgilp m. vainglory , LL (262 27 ).
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

unlifigende y unliving
unlifiende , unlifigende (y) unliving, lifeless, dead .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

unless you undertake
‘No!’ said the lion, ‘nothing, unless you undertake to give me whatever meets you on your return home; if you agree to this, I will give you your life, and the rose too for your daughter.’
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

upon you unawares
I assure you, if you don't keep a sharp look out, he will some time or other fall upon you unawares, and destroy you all."
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

until you understand
In the perusal of philosophical works I have been greatly benefited by a resolve, which, in the antithetic form and with the allowed quaintness of an adage or maxim, I have been accustomed to word thus: until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

upon your understanding
Sweet Fanny, believe no such thing of yourself, spread no such malicious slander upon your understanding within the precincts of your imagination.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

useful yet unobtainable
There are, however, certain articles, useful yet unobtainable in the Trobriands, and freely accessible in the Koya, and to these the Trobrianders help themselves.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

usurero y un
EL CRIADO ERUDITO Varios amigos, un militar, un poeta, un cura, un usurero y un pintor, estaban de sobremesa discurriendo acerca del valor relativo de algunos grandes hombres.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

unless you undertake
Back you shall not to the house, unless you undertake that with me which with as much safety you might answer him; therefore on, or strip your sword stark naked; for meddle you must, that's certain, or forswear to wear iron about you.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

upon you unless
I expect, then, to hear from you when and where I may call upon you; unless you would prefer the interview to take place at my hotel.
— from The Woman in Black by E. C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley

us your understanding
"…do not overlook us, singing with deaf ears, but give us your understanding, according to sacred precepts, as you yourself inspired the apostles….You
— from Terrorists and Freedom Fighters by Samuel Vaknin

up your unnatural
Now, why don't you give up your unnatural attempt to be a doctor and assume woman's proper sphere?
— from The Crux: A Novel by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

using your Underwear
Jaros Hygienic Underwear Co. , Chicago, Ill. Gentlemen:—I have talked with nearly every man in our Department that is using your Underwear; also with a number of members of the Fire
— from Jaros Hygienic Wear: The therapeutic and prophylactic application. by I. Jaros

upon you unawares
“Why, because Skraelingers may find us out any day, and if they should come upon you unawares so far from home they might carry you off, and no one would be aware that you were gone until too late to pursue.”
— from The Norsemen in the West by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

unerringly yet unsuspectedly
It was Bahá’u’lláh Who steadily, unerringly, yet unsuspectedly, steered the course of that memorable episode, and it was Bahá’u’lláh Who brought the meeting to its final and dramatic climax.
— from God Passes By by Effendi Shoghi

until your unjust
on your conditions no Peace is possible, but everlasting War rather, until your unjust pretensions are abandoned or until your power of enforcing them is destroyed."
— from Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. by Horace Greeley

used you up
"A blacktail buck has used you up as bad before now."
— from Lone Pine: The Story of a Lost Mine by R. B. (Richard Baxter) Townshend

upon you unnecessarily
His eyes shone with unnatural fervour as he went on: "When you first told me your story, I thought this thing weighed upon you unnecessarily.
— from Tongues of Conscience by Robert Hichens


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