mim

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Para mim, a liberdade de expressão tem sempre razão.

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  1. Primly silent; prim; demure; precise; affectedly modest; quiet; mute: also used adverbially. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] See, up he's got the word of God, An' meek an' mim has view'd it. Burns, Holy Fair. Lightning-storms seem to come quite natural to you, for all as prim and mim as you are! W. Black, In Far Lochaber, iv.

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  • They declared that it surpassed any land that they had ever seen, and often exclaimed what a delight it would be just to run a plough through such a rich and teeming soil, and see it open its bountiful promise before the share Another halt and sojourn of a night was made at the village of a chief named He-mim-el-pilp, where similar ceremonies were observed and hospitality experienced, as at the preceding villages. —  The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
  • Para mim, a liberdade de expressão tem sempre razão. —  The Jawa Report
  • What if I make trouble, Sim, and open the eyes of Monsher and the mim-mou'ed Madame at the same moment by telling them who is really Drimdarroch? —  Doom Castle
  • I was necessiated to leave you, mim, because I can't eat out of anything but gold teaspoons That sounds so like Mrs. Pitkin Smith!" —  Prudy Keeping House
  • Then she tasted her cake slyly, to make sure whether she had put the butter in or not Madam Hubbard, mim," said Lady Magnifico, "may I trouble you for a glass of water Mamma Hubbard, may I have a hangfiss to wipe off the pastry Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard, and got a goblet for the lady; to the closet, and found a rag for the baby By that time she smelt something burning; it was eggs. —  Prudy Keeping House
 

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