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- noun Obsolete spelling of
sell .
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Examples
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When Zau al-Makan saw his brother reeling in selle so that he well nigh fell, he despatched cavaliers towards him and the braves hurried to his aid and came up with him.
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Then Gharib took his battle flail and smiting Jamrkan on the wrist, crushed his fingers and the mace dropped from his grasp; whereupon Gharib bent down from his seat in selle and snatching it up, swiftlier than the blinding leven, smote him therewith full on the flat of the ribs, and he fell to the earth like a long-stemmed palm-tree.
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Peletisi valitseb miski võimuhull maag, kes tahab vallutada ka selle väärika kuningriigi, mille maadel elab Talumees.
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Valisin ta ka selle pärast, et naiste riietus, näoilmed ning kausid-peas on kõik sellele kohale ülitüüpilised.
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Ohverdamiskultus toob kaasa ka selle, et inimesed toetavad ühiskonnakorda, kus mõnedel on teiste arvelt parem - aga kuna peab ohverdama, siis võetakse omaenese soovidest ja heaolust loobumist ning kaasatulevaid kannatusi normina.
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Ja ma olin õnnelik, kui Fantozzi viskas kivi aknasse - temas oli ju ka mingi varjatud jõud, mis ei luanud tal näha oma naise pisaraid mehe alandamisel piljardimängus, see jõud, mis pani ta tookord võitma, pani ta ka selle kivi haarama.
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Kuna filmi pealkiri ei hiilga originaalsusega, siis tasub meeles pidada, et filmil pole mingit seost ei Stephen Kingi jutuga «The Boogeyman» (1973), ega ka selle ekraniseeringuga «The Boogeyman» (1982).
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Kuna filmi pealkiri ei hiilga originaalsusega, siis tasub meeles pidada, et filmil pole mingit seost ei Stephen Kingi jutuga «The Boogeyman» (1973), ega ka selle ekraniseeringuga «The Boogeyman» (1982).
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Then, too, "with an easy smile," there is a suspicion that some Indian blood runs in Mam'selle's veins.
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Some girl, for there was gossip even in those days, had said that Mam'selle's lover had proved false to her, and married some one else in one of the southern cities.
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