tara

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I got a strange email today from tara, usual stuff, her asking about my life, whats new kinda thing, but she's thinking of moving back to philadelphia and went there for awhile.

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  1. A mere exclamation. 1 King. Tara, tara, tara, full East and by South. 2 King. We sail with Thunder in our mouth, In scorching noon-day, whil'st the traveller stayes, Busie, busie, busie, we bustle along. Buckingham, Rehearsal, v.
  2. Same as taro.
  3. Same as taliera.

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  • The music got under way on Friday night in a sharp combustion of human energy. —  Grace Slick The Biography
  • I got a strange email today from tara, usual stuff, her asking about my life, whats new kinda thing, but she's thinking of moving back to philadelphia and went there for awhile. —  lily-white Diary Entry
  • Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces" with? haha, my mom or beth, tara, and miranda from bucksport —  another survey
  • I know on Saturday at my sleepover people are going to ask where tara is and every time I have to tell someone I’ll cry. —  the-moo Diary Entry
  • i studied with mary, tara, and holly. the whole time they did. each of them got in the 70's. mary was the highest with 75. im the one whos majoring in history. what the fuck? how fucking stupid am i? —  God wants me to kill myself.
 

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  1. A made word, burlesquing tivy as used by D'Avenant: see tivy. Cf. tantivy, tantara.

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