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- noun Plural form of
pair . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
pair .
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Examples
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When the stone is slightly moved, these pairs of reflections will travel _together as pairs_ and not tend to separate.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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This means that if someone here is interested to buy 4 pairs, it is possible, ie 3 + 4 = 7 * purchase order closes once i receive payment for the 4 pairs*
www.hardwarezone.com.sg dapoh86 2010
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After sheep, the second most populous wildlife were grouse, which regularly flew out in pairs from the undergrowth with a violent batter of wings.
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After sheep, the second most populous wildlife were grouse, which regularly flew out in pairs from the undergrowth with a violent batter of wings.
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I had, on the table, six of the colour spools in pairs, that is two reds, two blues, two yellows.
The Montessori Method Anne E. Montessori George 1912
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His education is twofold, and always is imparted in "pairs" of subjects – that is, while he is being instructed in the requisites of fighting, hunting, food getting, and his national sports, he takes with each "subject" a very rigid training in etiquette, for it would be as great a disgrace for him to fail in manners of good breeding as to fail to take the war-path when he reaches the age of seventeen.
The Shagganappi 1913
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Where he finds it applicable, Hazlitt brings his subjects together in pairs, setting off one against the other.
william hazlitt | the man of letters « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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Where he finds it applicable, Hazlitt brings his subjects together in pairs, setting off one against the other.
March « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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There we go: two more objectives: Europa lander and a MSL#2,3 with a drill (I like missions in pairs and not tempt Murphy's law).
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We scouted in pairs, and Dombey, a young undergraduate, accompanied me.
Page 5 2010
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