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turn tail

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Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.

He shall give his mind to turn up furrows, and his care is to give the kine fodder.

The dog stood with hanging head and tail, as if ashamed he had let so many of his enemies get away unharmed.

Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.

Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!

Acetone is derived from decomposition of diacetic acid, and this in turn from beta-oxybutyric acid by oxidation.

For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach.

If now we turn to the higher aspects of form, such as symmetry and proportion, we encounter a difficulty.

He takes a turn up and down the room, looks at the music, and if the piece interests him, he will call upon you.

The Arab pricked his ears, swished his long and arched tail viciously, and showed the whites of his eyes.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985