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Meanings of double portion in English

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Usage of double portion in English
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Pears and sausage in oil, and a double portion for your new little brother.
The lies of locke lamora
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At the same time a double portion of ire blazed forth against the Jews.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1
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One has need of a double portion of tonics in a time like this.
Elster's Folly: A Novel
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To take the two Sinclair boys meant a double portion of toil and self-denial.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908
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Providence listened to their prayers and sent them a double portion, two lovely girls.
The Girls at Mount Morris
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Elisha said, "Let a double portion of your spirit be upon me."
The Children's Bible
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Whoever did prepare this for us, oh, give him double portion of the Fire!
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
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A double portion is served as was wont before.
The Singing Mouse Stories
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Quickly Tika whispered the story as she filled everyone's plate, giving Caramon a double portion.
Dragons of autumn twilight
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The pall-bearers, funeral director, and mourners at these obsequies deserve a double portion of our sympathy.
Luther Examined and Reexamined / A Review of Catholic Criticism ...
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And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut...
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I was consequently left alone with the children, and had a double portion of work to do.
Roughing It in the Bush
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If he could not look forward to so many years, she must give him a double portion.
A Little Girl in Old Salem
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Elijah's promise to bestow a double portion of his wondrous spirit upon his disciple was realized instantaneously.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4
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Why this unequal supply, which gives a double portion to one larva and a single portion to another?
The Wonders of Instinct: Chapters in the Psychology of Insects
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Lady Ossington had no children and her rich dowry passed to her sister, who thereby had a double portion.
The Portland Peerage Romance
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