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"Olya," he said, wringing his hands; big tears suddenly dropping from his eyes.
The Party 1917
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"Olya," he said, wringing his hands; big tears suddenly dropping from his eyes.
The Party Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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"We're both collectors by nature," says Olya Thompson, referring to the samovars, national costumes, rugs, porcelains, antique books and mountains of vintage fabrics that she and partner Nathalie Farman-Farma have amassed between them and draw upon for their year-old fabric company, Tissus Tartares .
Designing Russia Alexandra Marshall 2011
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The tall and reedy Olya, coordinator for the German Democratic Republic, wears sky-blue suits with short skirts, while the doughy Galina, coordinator for Czechoslovakia, favors spiky heels and heavy makeup.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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The tall and reedy Olya, coordinator for the German Democratic Republic, wears sky-blue suits with short skirts, while the doughy Galina, coordinator for Czechoslovakia, favors spiky heels and heavy makeup.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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"He dies and then they bury him," explained their braver friend, Olya, "and then three days later he comes back to life."
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One possibility is "Olya naralachi karanji"; sweet turnovers made with a filling of fresh coconut (the literal meaning of "olya" is "wet") but that is a pretty complicated recipe that will have to wait for another occasion.
Archive 2005-12-01 Nupur 2005
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So in fact, what I ` ve done is Olga is always Olga Chekhova -- the film star is always Olga Chekhova throughout, and her aunt is always Aunt Olya because that was what she was always named -- named throughout the family.
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The author, Olga Lukas, compares this to a class she was in once with three Olyas besides herself and two Smirnovs, in which the poor physics teacher would say "Smirnov to the blackboard -- no, not that one, not Masha but Olya -- not that Olya, dammit, not Kuznetsova, the other one..."
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Olya grew up, however, and went to the high school — “and how well she did, how good she was at her lessons; she won the silver medal when she left” (at this point, of course, prolonged weeping).
A Raw Youth 2003
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