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Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLThe bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMANHis wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINSo he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENDo not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSMany British Ferns evidence a marked tendency to “sport,” and this is a fact which the beginner should always bear in mind.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTINThe bear laughed and joined his companion, and the torpedo thundered away.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEThe two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINBut, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTWORDS RELATED TO BEAR DOWN
- address
- be diligent
- be industrious
- bear down
- bend
- buckle down
- commit
- concentrate
- dedicate
- devote
- dig
- direct
- give
- give all one's got
- give best shot
- give old college try
- grind
- hammer away
- hit the ball
- hustle
- knuckle down
- make effort
- peg away
- persevere
- plug
- pour it on
- pull out all stops
- scratch
- study
- sweat
- throw
- try
- turn
- addressing
- bearing down
- being diligent
- being industrious
- bending
- buckling down
- committing
- concentrating
- dedicating
- devoting
- digging
- directing
- giving
- giving all onebeing getting
- giving best shot
- giving old college try
- grinding
- hammering away
- hitting the ball
- hustling
- knuckling down
- making effort
- pegging away
- persevering
- plugging
- pouring it on
- pulling out all stops
- scratching
- studying
- sweating
- throwing
- trying
- turning
- beating
- braying
- breaking
- bruising
- bucking
- comminuting
- contriturating
- contusing
- creasing
- crowding
- crumbling
- crunching
- embracing
- enfolding
- expressing
- hugging
- jamming
- kablooeying
- mashing
- pounding
- powdering
- pressing
- pulverizing
- pushing
- romping
- rumpling
- squashing
- squeezing
- squishing
- totaling
- trampling
- treading
- triturating
- wrinkling
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