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If any considerations of family prudence re-strain you from allowing him at present, what your generosity would wish to do
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Strain; return the soup to the saucepan, which should first be rinsed, allow it to simmer, pour in the white of egg, re-strain through
New Vegetarian Dishes Mrs. Bowdich 1896
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His re-strain of his hamstring not only took him back to square one, but did more damage.
SI.com 2011
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Harrington (photo right) went down just 1:19 into the game with a re-strain of the plantar faciitis problem bothering him in his left foot.
SI.com 2010
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Because rents were kept so low (rent restriction is habitually one of the first and cheapest of government devices to re-strain the cost of living under inflation) flats themselves 'were in short supply.
Mises Dailies 2009
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After emptying the chinois you can continue to strain and re-strain the liquid until it is clearer.
The Thinking Mother 2008
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