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He asked the jury whether those were the actions of "the selfish, greedy opportunistic con man."

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  • He had good health, good stock back of him, an attractive personality, and two years at a technical school--those were his total assets. —  The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
  • One's own soul, and the passions of one's friends--those were the fascinating things in life. —  The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Deuce take Carlton Smythe an' 'is supper party-- those are my sentiments; an' Lal Roper, busybody that 'e is! —  The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts
  • How far one may go can be determined only in special cases, for "the mighty masters are a law unto themselves, and the validity of their legislation will be attested and held against all comers by the splendour of an unchallengeable success" (Pattison The early Italian sonnets in English, those of Wyatt, Surrey, and Sidney, are very irregular: Sidney's nearly always end in a couplet and rime the octave abbaabba or abababab or ababbaba_. —  The Principles of English Versification
  • Everything is quite ready, sir," said the old butler, with his eyes full of sympathy for his master in his time of trouble Are those--those people in the kitchen, Grant Yes, sir Treat them respectfully and well, Grant. —  Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai
 

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  1. Middle English thos, from Old English thās, these; see these.

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  1. Pl. of that; etymologically the same as these, q. v.
 

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