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Meanings of chief occupations in English

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Usage of chief occupations in English
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Hunting and war were their chief occupations; sleep and food their principal enjoyments.
A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North A...
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Spinning and weaving were the chief occupations of the women of all classes.
General History for Colleges and High Schools
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These are their chief occupations, but the people do not entirely neglect agriculture.
Russia
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HUNTING.-Oneof the chief occupations of an Indian man was hunting.
A Brief History of the United States
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The reason lay in the chief occupations of the men.
The World War and What was Behind It; Or, The Story of the Map o...
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Agriculture and commerce are the chief occupations of the people.
The Makers and Teachers of Judaism / From the Fall of Jerusalem ...
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Aside from the pyrotechnics, the chief occupations of this place are boating and fishing.
Their Pilgrimage
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Everything is capricious about them.... Their chief occupations are feasting, fighting, and making love.
Wicked lovely
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Among his chief occupations are devising methods of getting news and avoiding libel suits.
Practical English Composition: Book II. / For the Second Year of...
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What are the chief occupations in which women are found?
Problems in American Democracy
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All the chief occupations are in the checked dress.
Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein / With Two Shorter Stories
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What are the chief occupations of the American people?
Problems in American Democracy
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They more or less sleepwalked into one of their future chief occupations, secondary and higher education.
Christianity: the first three thousand years
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The chief occupations are farming & cattle raising.
The new yorker
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It was one of Mrs. Spragg's chief occupations to watch the nightly lighting of New York.
The Custom of the Country
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What are the chief occupations of the people?
Home Geography for Primary Grades
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