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The room was dingy and dark, smelling of old socks and rotted food.

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The seamstress spent many of her days darning socks and gloves for the children of the town.

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The clamor on the other side of the room alerted Jack.

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a formidable opponent

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I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless.

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They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him.

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Where she came from no man could tell. There were some said she was no woman, but a ghost haunting some mortal tenement.

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Terry's boss charged him with embezzlement after it was found he had stolen thousands of dollars from their company.

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Many royals had gowns and cloaks made from the fur of the ermine.

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His prospects consisted of a hope that if he kept up appearances somebody would do something for him. The something appeared vaguely to his imagination as a private secretaryship or a sinecure of some sort.