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(link) I read an interesting piece that zwertch should have been translated as "twart" rather than "crooked".
zornhau: Zwerhhau...! zornhau 2010
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They play games with the judiciary system just to twart this president.
Democratic senators urge action on Obama's judicial nominees 2010
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Tired of them dragging their feet just to twart the administration. dgwilson429
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Something to the effect that in Scotland, warriors were trained to be lefthanded so that that they could twart their enemies and they built winding staircases that swirled to the left to make it more difficult for the enemy to invade.
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KC Strange, developed by Marco Dimaano and Nikki Alfar, was supposed to have debuted some time ago (but, you know how sometimes circumstances conspire to twart the best laid plans of creative men as poor as church mice).
Archive 2003-01-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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I repeat here: no noble principles of patriotism, social obligations, moral imperatives or even basic human decency and compassion can twart this.
Progressive Bloggers 2010
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I repeat here: no noble principles of patriotism, social obligations, moral imperatives or even basic human decency and compassion can twart this.
Progressive Bloggers 2010
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Drug dealers line hallways and walkways with carpet "tac strips" to twart off drug sniffing dogs in the event of a sneak attack drug bust.
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Animal lovers also place these in the woods to twart off hunters w/dogs. stories with the most comments in the last 7 days.
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If she was innocent, why lie about everything to twart the investigation on purpose.
Blogger News Network 2009
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