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Beispiele für "
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- '1871' "Yes, young people are usually blind to everything but their own wishes, and seldom imagine how much those wishes cost others," said Mrs. Garth She did not mean to go beyond this salutary general doctrine, and threw her indignation into a needless unwinding of her 'worsted', knitting her brow at it with a grand air. — George Eliot, [http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=292303629&tag=Eliot,+George:+Middlemarch:+a+study+of+provincial+life+(1900),+1871&query=worsted+ý&id=EliMidd Middlemarch.]
- '1902' He had tied a bit of white 'worsted' round his neck -- Why? Where did he get it? Was it a badge -- an ornament -- a charm -- a propitiatory act? Was there any idea at all connected with it? Joseph Conrad, [http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=171509961&tag=Conrad,+Joseph,+1857-1924:+Heart+of+Darkness,+1902&query=worsted+ý&id=ConDark The Heart of Darkness.]
- A 'worsted' wig or jasey is an alternative to wigs made from horse - or human hair
- '1869' Jo carried her love of liberty and hate of conventionalities to such an unlimited extent that she naturally found herself 'worsted' in an argument. — Louisa May Alcott, [http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=60874635&tag=Alcott,+Louisa+May,+1832-1888:+Little+Women,+1869&query=worsted+ý&id=AlcLitt Little Women.]
- I think putting oil on a burn is the 'worst' thing you can do.
- That's the 'worst' news I've had all day.
- The 'worst' storm we had last winter knocked down our power lines.
- I'm feeling really ill - the 'worst' I've felt all week.
- None of these photographs of me are good, but this one is definitely the worst.
- My sore leg hurts 'worst' when it's cold and rainy.
- This is the 'worst'-written essay I've ever seen.
- She's the 'worst'-informed of the lot.
