lou

Example Sentences

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He describes the praying mantis, "or, as they say in Provence, lou Pr�go Di�ou, the Pray-to-God," with keen observation and lively imagination.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sophisticated savers are turning instead to Treasury bills that pay nearly 7%; commercial paper, a form of corporate lou, that yields 7.5%; and commercial-bank certificates of deposit, that pay almost 8%.

From Time Magazine Archive

T'en vas bèn liuen de la racaio, Que t'a rauba lou pous, e ris, e se gougaio, E se lipo li brego enviscado de mèu.

From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard

Dounc, ardit! cigaleto, Fai-lei brusi, ti chimbaleto, E brandusso lou ventre à creba ti mirau.

From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard

Un jour, en tafurant, la fournigo lou véi, De tu magro péu dessecado La marriasso fai becado; Te curo lou perus, te chapouto à moucèu, T'encafourno pèr car-salado, Requisto prouvisioun, l'ivèr, en tèms de neu.

From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard