Word: stallion
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After that, there are a few instructions about gender (if jeval is horse, omjeval is stallion and jijeval is mare), ordinal numbers (balid is first, balsid is tenth), and adjectives (add ik to noun stems). Finally there are about a hundred words of vocabulary. Samples...
...beautiful evening in August 1582, Queen Elizabeth entered the ancient town of Coventry, and divesting herself of her clothing, mounted a snow-white stallion and rode through the principal streets of the city. On her way she met Sir Walter Raleigh, who, observing her naked condition, threw his cloak about her, crying, "Honi soit qui mat y pense!', which, being translated, means: 'Thy need is greater than mine!' The Queen graciously responded, 'Dieu et mon droit!', which translated means, 'My God, you are right!' This incident is called the Magna Charta...
...virtually reeled with esthetic shock when I came upon your statement . . . Such vigorous works as Robinson Jeffers' Roan Stallion and Tamar, or Conrad Aiken's Punch: The Immortal Liar, make Eliot's poetic vintage seem about as heady as a watered-down glass of school-picnic cider...
Buffalo Bill's defunct who used to ride a water smooth-silver stallion and break onetwothreej our five pigeonsjustlikethat Jesus he was a handsome man and what i want to know is how do you like your blueeyed boy Mister Death At Bennington as in other schools, Cummings' typographical arrangements are being studied for what they are - devices to give readers a maximum of communication and excitement...
With half a mile to go in the mile-and-a-quarter race, the mahogany-colored stallion took the lead. Under Jockey Steve Brooks's gentle urging ("I waved the stick at him to shake him up a little"), Citation lengthened his stride and drew away from the field. He won by a breezing four lengths, thanks, in part, to a break in the weights which made Citation carry only 120 Ibs. while third-place Be Fleet toted 122. It was like the old days. But this victory, Big Cy's 32nd in 45 starts, was something special...