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  • 41previous convictions — earlier legal debts and/or obligations, finding the suspect guilty of past offenses …

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  • 42maid n — Earlier times saw more hand maid items …

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  • 43Keep, Hall — ♦ Earlier, with hall beside chamber in a large lower building, e.g. London, Colchester, Corfe, Canterbury, Rising, Middleham. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 412) Related terms: Keep, Shell, Keep, Tower, Keep …

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  • 44with time to spare — earlier than necessary We got to the airport with time to spare …

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  • 45fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me — Earlier, and still current, with the verb deceive. 1611 Tarlton’s Jests (1844) 11 For Who deceives me once, God forgive him; if twice, God forgive him; but if thrice, God forgive him, but not me, because I could not beware. 1650 A. WELLDON Secret …

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  • 46one size does not fit all — Earlier versions of this saying are based on the metaphor of different size shoes for different feet; Cf. 1587 J. BRIDGES Defence of Government of Church of England 86 Diverse feete have diverse lastes. The shooe that will serve one, may wring… …

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  • 47the road to hell is paved with good intentions — Earlier forms of the proverb omit the first three words. Cf. ST. FRANCIS DE SALES, Letter lxxiv. le proverbe tiré de notre saint Bernard, ‘L’enfer est plein de bonnes volontes ou desirs’, the proverb taken from our St. Bernard, ‘Hell is full of… …

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  • 48Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …

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  • 49literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 50Marungulam —   village   Coordinates Country India State Tamil Nadu …

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