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Meanings of answers the purpose in English

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Usage of answers the purpose in English
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In the absence of anything better, a tuft of grass answers the purpose.
The Life of the Spider
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However, their colour in a degree answers the purpose of dress.
My First Voyage to Southern Seas
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But he has a simple device which answers the purpose.
Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac
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They mend up broken places with it, and it answers the purpose of cement.
Woodside / or, Look, Listen, and Learn.
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Any way is a good way that answers the purpose.
The American Senator
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If your invention is perfected and answers the purpose, go into partnership with them.
Eve and David
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Bi-chloride of copper answers the purpose also, but less completely.
The History and Practice of the Art of Photography
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It is one which answers the purpose of a hotel.
Across India; Or, Live Boys in the Far East
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But I presume that birds have a way of advertising that answers the purpose well.
Wake-Robin
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The tomb occupies the whole length of the chapel, and answers the purpose of an altar.
A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
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It is a good serviceable fur, and if taken up North answers the purpose very well.
With Trapper Jim in the North Woods
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It answers the purpose pretty well, too.
Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys / The Birch Bark Lodge
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Rubbing a little tallow on the bridge of the nose is the old-fashioned remedy, and answers the purpose.
Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children
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The native drum answers the purpose of a tambourine, and bagpipe as well, and is of peculiar formation.
Travels of Richard and John Lander into the interior of Africa, ...
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Ripe fruit answers the purpose admirably.
The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy
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But truth is very good policy and in the main answers the purpose much better than the other thing.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 / Little J...
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