The contraction of a gas on cooling. [Please select]
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But partly from lack of firm financial administration, partly through the increase of military and naval expenditure (which in 1887 amounted to 9,000,000 for the army, while special efforts were made to strengthen the navy), and principally through the constant drain of railway construction and public works, the demands upon the exchequer grew largely to exceed the normal increase of revenue, and necessitated the contraction of new debts. [Please select]
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I am called Lesgueules, by contraction Lesgle, and by corruption l'Aigle.' [Please select]
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Ned knew by the contraction of the lines upon the great brow that he was thinking. [Please select]
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_Usted_, contraction of _Vuestra merced_, "your grace", usually written as Vd. [Please select]
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Small double canteen with contraction at middle to facilitate suspension. [Please select]
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By its contraction it helps to draw the anterior limb forwards. [Please select]
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By its contraction, it draws the lower jaw downwards and backwards. [Please select]
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On ne voyait sur leurs visages d'autre mouvement que celui de la contraction des muscles.' [Please select]
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He was wholly unconscious of it, but his surprise and excitement were so great that his hand closed upon hers in a strong muscular contraction. [Please select]
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He came so close that Dick saw the contraction of his face, and his eager burning look, as if the great moment had arrived. [Please select]
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