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Meanings of rake the leaves in English

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Usage of rake the leaves in English
1
You never had to rake the leaves out of it every night like me.
Winter’s Bone
2
It wasn't even being allowed to mow the lawn next Saturday or help his dad rake the leaves come fall.
Summer of Night
3
He bent to rake the leaves over with his hand, but sat swiftly upright when Van Horn roared at him:
Jerry of the Islands
4
So Mom wants to visit and make sure she's really certain about selling and rake the leaves while we're at it.
Wings
5
She walked to the edge and beckoned the man raking the leaves in the garden.
Chef
6
'One of them raked the leaves.' Chanele had started giggling again.
Melnitz
7
"He's raking the leaves with one hand and a-reading a book with the other."
Sandy
8
He raked the leaves back, under the overhang of the round trunk, and I could see the depression where the earth had settled.
Girl out back
9
Manston descended into the midst of them, placed his sack on the ground, and raking the leaves aside into a large heap, began digging.
Desperate Remedies
10
"No," said the child, "there is a woman there raking the leaves," pointing in a certain direction.
The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I
11
Such fires can be put out by throwing dirt or sand over the fire, by beating it, and, sometimes, by merely raking the leaves away.
Studies of Trees
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