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Meanings of great peril in English

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Usage of great peril in English
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It's an innovative financial tool that has great promise and great peril.
Wired
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And now there came a time of great peril to the prisoners.
Heroes Every Child Should Know
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That is the great peril in pneumonia, she heard the doctor murmur.
Unleavened Bread
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Those grand designs so imprudently divulged caused a presentiment of great peril.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5
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Going thither, rescue the king, for a great peril has overtaken him.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
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He felt uplifted, glad, as one who has escaped a great peril.
Mary Gray
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This is their great benefit, but it's also their great peril.
Death by Video Game
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Indeed, they were not in great peril, yet they accomplished much.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
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So we went forward several miles in this great peril of our lives.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
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The boys were still on the island-mightbe in great peril.
Boy Scouts in a Submarine; Or, Searching an Ocean Floor
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The Christians now found themselves in a situation of great peril.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Anto...
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The boys were in great peril, but Bert saw their chance of safety.
The Young Firemen of Lakeville; Or, Herbert Dare's Pluck
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When I felt you were in great peril, that you would surely die.
A Charmed Life
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In the age of human-induced mass extinction, frogs face great peril.
Wired
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In times of great peril, you can reverse it, and it'll swear backwards.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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Once or twice before they had done this after hours of great peril.
Isobel : A Romance of the Northern Trail
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