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Meanings of kill the bird in English

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Usage of kill the bird in English
1
We didn't kill the bird; I wouldn't allow him to be killed.
Sister Teresa
2
He looks as if he would like to kill the bird.
The Circular Study
3
Not wishing to kill the bird, he then let go, and Master dropped like a stone.
Six Months at the Cape
4
Let Bremen kill the bird,-heunderstands them, Major.
The Mission
5
The carter handed his wife the axe, and said: 'Wife, kill the bird in my mouth dead.'
The Grey Fairy Book
6
We're not going to kill the bird.
Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's
7
I had decided to kill the bird.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
8
I was going to kill the bird.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
9
I do not see how any one could wish to kill the bird, except from mere love of destruction!
What's Mine's Mine — Volume 1
10
One is disgusted and yet feels pity, and one is in a hurry to kill the bird and forget it.
Resurrection
11
But that soon turns into a fight for survival when others seek to kill the bird for the value of her feathers.
Radio NZ
12
He knew that he must kill the birds and save the boy.
Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People
13
Don't thrust the knife too deep, or you will kill the birds.
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
14
At last, the farmers grew ashamed of having killed the birds.
The Child's World: Third Reader
15
Thence, they said, she gathered the eggs, and killed the birds with clubs.
Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Rei...
16
The father, returning, asked the boy with which arrow he had killed the bird.
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
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