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Meanings of set the dinner in English

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Usage of set the dinner in English
1
He had spent the day with her on Saturday, painting again, and helped her set the dinner table for her first party.
The house
2
Was he up to dealing with such a revelation-hewho, according to his wife, did not even know how to set the dinner table properly?
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
3
But she comprehended nothing of what she read, and when the young cabin steward appeared again to set the dinner she looked up in desperation.
The Swindler and Other Stories
4
She's late so she doesn't have to set the dinner table (because the last time she did, you harped on her placement of the utensils).
Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
5
From setting the dinner table, Buttercup watched them.
The Princess Bride
6
Flood was setting the dinner table her breath was taken & spent by a stunning sound.
The new yorker
7
Roxy was soberly setting the dinner-table, and Miss Henny in the parlor breathing hard behind a newspaper.
A Garland for Girls
8
Grant looked back at the table and he saw the waitress setting the dinner plates on the table.
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
9
I don't suppose you ever saw her crying, as I did, while she was setting the dinner table.
Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays; Or, Rescuing the Runaways
10
Lynn told the support group: Even when I was a kid setting the dinner table, I knew I never wanted to be like my mom.
Feminist dot com
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