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I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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adjective

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

accurate knowledge

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Dictionary Entry

ambo

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈæm.bəʊ/Used In Literature ↓

A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.

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1918, ‘It will get better somehow,’ he thought, and went to the ambo. On going up the steps and turning to the right he saw the priest. — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, page 438)

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Common Phrases

. ambopeople ambole amboambo arcadesambo wendensambo georgeambo kuanyama
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