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Meanings of little islands in English

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Usage of little islands in English
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Were we supposed to just let them have their little islands forever?
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2
It would be marvellous to explore the shore and the little islands.
Travels Without a Donkey
3
Dotted about in the midst of the stream are little islands of forget-me-nots.
A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucesters...
4
The surface of the water was dotted with little islands of floating vegetation.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
5
We drive on and make for the little islands and strips of land.
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends
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It was like a dainty lake of grass, abundantly supplied with little islands.
The Furnace of Gold
7
Mayor poets, in desperation, buy rather expensive little islands and flee to them.
The new yorker
8
To a stranger, life upon those little islands is uniform even to weariness.
Prue and I
9
Do you see far away, under, the mountains, little islands, long and low?
Madam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Chil...
10
The delta was a morass of quicksand, salt marsh, and insecure little islands.
The Valley of Horses
11
These are built up into around 65 little islands to form an overall archipelago.
Wired
12
It was almost salmon pink, and curiously mottled with little islands of brick red.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
13
Beata, Soana, Mona were the little islands that we found.
1492
14
Colonies of fire ants formed little islands floating beside toys.
Reuters
15
I think flying over those little islands would be amazing.
News.com.au
16
These little islands, or mounds, were used as a foundation for this singular habitation.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800
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United Kingdom
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