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Focus on what you want, not what you hate. thank you, the dali lamba
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Näiteks vaatled 100 lamba mingeid tegevusi ja täidad selle põhjal numbritega tabelit.
tatsutahime Diary Entry tatsutahime 2005
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She was dressed in a rich satin gown, over which she wore the royal scarlet lamba, and jewels of various kinds ornamented her person.
The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar Francis B. Pearson 1859
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The Queen's lamba was ornamented heavily with gold-lace.
The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar Francis B. Pearson 1859
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Mamba now explained the exact state of the case, said that he required a good long rest, after that a hearty meal, then a lamba and a little money, for he had been despoiled of everything he had possessed by the furious crowd that so nearly killed him.
The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar Francis B. Pearson 1859
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He was a large burly jovial-looking man, somewhere about forty years of age, armed with a spear and enveloped in the native _lamba_, a garment used much in the same way as the Scottish plaid, which it resembled in form, though of much lighter material.
The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar Francis B. Pearson 1859
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Scarlet being the royal colour, only the Sovereign is entitled to wear the scarlet lamba or use the scarlet umbrella.
The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar Francis B. Pearson 1859
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"He has been stealing in the market by cutting a lamba."
The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar Francis B. Pearson 1859
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Antananarivo with his precious New Testament and Psalms in the folds of his lamba.
The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar Francis B. Pearson 1859
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The _lamba_ is usually worn over the shoulders in the cool of the morning, but at the time we write of most of the men who used the garment, had bound it tightly round their waists.
The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar Francis B. Pearson 1859
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