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Acht, that is neither here nor there, but I'm blaming this on the resent lack of sleep, which seems to be oddly timed with my dear friends .... 2 am being the magic number. * wink to Mal*
madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2001
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Pedofiel die USB-stick vergat beroept zich op privacy « Acht op Wacht says:
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Pedofiel die USB-stick vergat beroept zich op privacy « Acht op Wacht says:
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Nimm Dich in Acht,mein Lieber,Du mußt Dir ja einiges gefallen lassen,aber was habe ich damit zu tum.
Seminal Image #957 2009
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“Teddy, du gibst bitte Acht auf Sasha!” she advises Mundy politely, speaking for once the delicious language of Thomas Mann rather than the English of their passion.
Absolute Friends Le Carre, John, 1931- 2003
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Horst Acht-faden, late of the Elektromechanische Werke, Karlshagen (another cover name for the testing station at Peenem-nde), has really no time for naval nostalgia.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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Employed not only against individuals but also against towns and districts, it was sometimes divided into the _Acht_ and the _Oberacht_, _i. e._ partial or complete outlawry.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The German equivalent of ban is _Acht_, and the sentence soon became practically one of outlawry.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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_Acht eirigh in do sheasamh_, but rise in your standing, _agas gluais liomsa siar 'sa' rod_, and travel with me westward in the road.
The Wind Bloweth Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne 1908
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He bids Wotan and Loki beware of it; and his "Hab 'Acht!" is hoarse, horrible, and sinister.
The Perfect Wagnerite, Commentary on the Ring George Bernard Shaw 1903
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