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Examples
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Homer was trying to set a standard of conduct among his semi-barbaric listeners.
Ten Minutes, That's It Benjamin Kral 2010
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A little background, the princess loves her young man with a semi-barbaric passion.
Revisiting 1994: Eerie similarities Shelfari 2008
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A little background, the princess loves her young man with a semi-barbaric passion.
Shelfari: Shelfari 2008
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But it happens that those who are interested in analyzing the psychology of the semi-barbaric princess begin to think and talk.
Shelfari: Shelfari 2008
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But it happens that those who are interested in analyzing the psychology of the semi-barbaric princess begin to think and talk.
Revisiting 1994: Eerie similarities Shelfari 2008
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Auden noticed a retreat from universal principles in the 1930s - communism was fine in 'semi-barbaric' Russia but would have been a screaming outrage in a civilised country.
MSM Catches Up Zoe Brain 2005
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Auden noticed a retreat from universal principles in the 1930s - communism was fine in 'semi-barbaric' Russia but would have been a screaming outrage in a civilised country.
Archive 2005-08-01 Zoe Brain 2005
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Warrigal took it into his semi-barbaric head to ride into Turon and loaf about, partly to see me, and partly about another matter that your father laid him on about.
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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It is not easy to withstand the panic fear of a black-eyed, semi-barbaric people.
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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A massacre of Jews in Moscow renewed his animosity for semi-barbaric Russia.
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