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  • a headache, or any bad feeling, but he made Dick do the cooking; and he lay in the shade of the cocoa-nut trees, with his head on a "pilla" made out of an old coat rolled up, twiddling his thumbs, smoking his pipe, and discoursing about the "ould" days, half to himself and half to his companions.

    The Blue Lagoon: a romance 1907

  • For example, when translating to Spanish, the game of “tag” is pretty well known, but there are several options for expressing it Spanish: “corre que te pillo”, “pilla pilla”, “la mancha”, “tenta”, and several other examples that depend on the specific region in the Spanish-speaking world where the children will be playing.

    Translating Children’s Stories 2010

  • The poison pilla purposely intolerable provision triggered by a takeover offerwas the best example of this behavior: the key to Marty Liptons diabolical machine is that shareholders do not have to approve the adoption of a pill and maybethe issue is still opencannot cause it to be redeemed except by removing a majority of the board.

    Creative Capitalism Michael Kinsley with Conor Clarke 2009

  • The poison pilla purposely intolerable provision triggered by a takeover offerwas the best example of this behavior: the key to Marty Liptons diabolical machine is that shareholders do not have to approve the adoption of a pill and maybethe issue is still opencannot cause it to be redeemed except by removing a majority of the board.

    Creative Capitalism Michael Kinsley with Conor Clarke 2009

  • Felt on the right side of my pilla ', my man gad gone away

    Bessie Smith Lyrics 2009

  • The poison pilla purposely intolerable provision triggered by a takeover offerwas the best example of this behavior: the key to Marty Liptons diabolical machine is that shareholders do not have to approve the adoption of a pill and maybethe issue is still opencannot cause it to be redeemed except by removing a majority of the board.

    Creative Capitalism Michael Kinsley with Conor Clarke 2009

  • R yu da hungree hungree cat a pilla or da tirstee tirstee one?

    Happy faic! =) - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Sawft blankee, pilla fur de resuntlee splorted sum hawt chokklitt iffn u r hawt u can has iced chokklit

    iz abonm… abomilnal… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • May 24, 2007 at 1:47 pm multi-comments dis sleeeeepn playz NOT cumffy neeeeedzzzz pilla plz – flufyr den ME, K?

    o i dare u - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007

  • The very bad architect and his very unstable pilla...

    In search of good news Garry 2005

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