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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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adverb

in a way that is correct and exact; without error

She measured the ingredients accurately to ensure the cake turned out perfectly.

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cent

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/sɛnt/Used In Literature ↓

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.

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Common Phrases

. centper centcent percent one
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Poetry examples for cent

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a wink bum-nothing and money fuzzily mouths take big wobbly foot-steps

every goggle cent of it get out ears dribbles soft right old feller

belch the chap hic sum- more eh chuckles skulch. . . .

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"En 1519, Bonnivard devient le martyr de sa patrie: Le Duc de Savoye

étant entré dans Genève avec cinq cent hommes, Bonnivard craint le

ressentiment du Duc; il voulut se retirer à Fribourg pour en éviter les

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