With the obedience that was natural to her, Kathleen went down at once, and the captain made everything as snug as possible, battening down the hatches and shortening sail so as to be ready for whatever might befall. [Please select]
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The Big Interests were so swollen that they went ahead on their own affairs and paid little attention to the community on which they were battening. [Please select]
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But you are right as usual, Herse, as usual, only--here am I battening like a senator while you--I lay a wager you have drunk nothing but milk all day and eaten nothing but bread and radishes. [Please select]
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I did not give my treasures to this person: rather would I have burnt all, than picture him battening on my Instantaneous Breakfasts. [Please select]
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Government contractors were growing fat on the life of war, amassing vast fortunes, juggling with excess profits, battening upon the flesh and blood of boyhood in the fighting-lines. [Please select]
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Quickly battening down the prisoners, I had the sails spread, the windlass going, and the anchor apeak quickly, and we soon were moving down upon the schooner, which was now all confusion, commands ringing out on the quiet air. [Please select]
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