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That process will be the reversal of the long-term one indicated above: the history that fostered the singularity of 'bigger than', 'absorbative',
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The two young ones having been supplied with food, the process went on silent and absorbative, till, with the advent of cigarettes, Jolyon said to
In Chancery 2004
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"Clearly this will test the absorbative capacity" of Mozambique,
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The two young ones having been supplied with food, the process went on silent and absorbative, till, with the advent of cigarettes, Jolyon said to Soames:
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
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The two young ones having been supplied with food, the process went on silent and absorbative, till, with the advent of cigarettes, Jolyon said to
The Forsyte Saga, Volume II. Indian Summer of a Forsyte In Chancery John Galsworthy 1900
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The two young ones having been supplied with food, the process went on silent and absorbative, till, with the advent of cigarettes, Jolyon said to
The Forsyte Saga - Complete John Galsworthy 1900
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Absorbtive (absorbative? absorbing-y?) and a coffee-friendly color.
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The Politics of Englishness (Manchester 2007), Arthur Aughey describes Englishness as an 'absorbative patria' favourable to interpenetration and inclusion, such that everyone in the U.K.
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