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In fact, when the U.S. S.ate Department launched its au pair program in 1986, British nannies like her were its bread and jam, alongside the French, Germans and S.edes.
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En edes ollut tiedostanut omaavani Meriläisestä mielipidettä, ennen kuin huomasin hämmästyväni siitä miten terhevästi hän työtä blogin perusteella tekee.
Whose Blogging? Celebrity Blogs on the Rise « Lorelle on WordPress 2005
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Red tinted the edes of the clouds, and white; it was as if a burning fluid were accumulating behind, brimming over, until finally it spilled out and a shaft of scintillating sunlight lanced at lightspeed through the air and struck the ground beside Stile.
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
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Red tinted the edes of the clouds, and white; it was as if a burning fluid were accumulating behind, brimming over, until finally it spilled out and a shaft of scintillating sunlight lanced at lightspeed through the air and struck the ground beside Stile.
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
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Pease, and instantly after Harrow them, the Plough, the Séedes-man, and the Harrower, by due course, following each other, and so likewise you may sow Oates vpon this soile.
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Nec nihil hodie nec multo plus tu hic edes, ne frustra sis. proin tu tui cottidiani victi ventrem ad me afferas.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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"Eljen edes csigany ur -- eljen gul eray!" said the Hungarian, swinging round his bottle and discharging it at the window; but, either not possessing the jockey's accuracy of aim, or reckless of consequences, he flung his bottle so that it struck against part of the wooden setting of the panes, breaking along with the wood and itself three or four panes to pieces.
The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" George Henry Borrow 1842
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'Eljen edes csigany ur -- eljen gul eray!' said the Hungarian, swinging round his bottle, and discharging it at the window; but, either not possessing the jockey's accuracy of aim, or reckless of consequences, he flung his bottle so that it struck against part of the wooden setting of the panes, breaking along with the wood and itself three or four panes to pieces.
The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' George Henry Borrow 1842
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English; 'I only could learn from them half a dozen words, for example, gul eray, {250a} which, in the czigany of my country, means sweet gentleman; or edes ur in my own Magyar.'
The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' George Henry Borrow 1842
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English; "I only could learn from them half-a-dozen words, for example, gul eray, which, in the czigany of my country, means sweet gentleman; or edes ur in my own Magyar."
The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" George Henry Borrow 1842
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