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Meanings of good earnest in English

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Usage of good earnest in English
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At length, the nation did take up the work in good earnest.
Practical Essays
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At last the Frenchman anchored, and set to work in good earnest.
Percival Keene
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At that he laughed in good earnest, and slapped his breech-clouts repeatedly.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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But they did though, and began blazing away in right good earnest.
Marmaduke Merry: A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days
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O that in good earnest, they may begin to seek the Lord!
Religion in Earnest: A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York
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Our rifles in the meantime returned the salute in good earnest.
Adventures in the Far West
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Hawkeye and the Mohicans now applied themselves to their task in good earnest.
The Last of the Mohicans
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At the opening of spring the operations against Syracuse began in good earnest.
Stories from Thucydides
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Now the heart of Egypt began to turn towards Seti in good earnest.
Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus
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At last the old gentleman set to work in good earnest.
A Day of Fate
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As soon as the hounds sniffed it, they gave tongue in good earnest.
Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography
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Harlequin was jilted, and the lover had earned off Columbine in good earnest.
Tales of a Traveller
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The dawn broke in good earnest, throwing aside its gauzy draperies of mauve.
Arizona Nights
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At this I became angry in good earnest, and showed it very plainly.
The Fool Errant / Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley,...
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Then Prudence and Fairy set to work again in good earnest.
Prudence of the Parsonage
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Commence it in good earnest, and may success attend your efforts.
A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, An Essay on Slavery
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