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Meanings of strikes the hours in English
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Usage of strikes the hours in English
1
When it strikes the hours, I tell them it speaks various languages, at which they are greatly astonished.
2
The great bell strikes the hours, and tolls in case of the death of any member of the royal family.
3
Before entering the church the "Jack," a figure in eighteenth-century dress that strikes the hours on a bell, should be noticed.
4
The bell in a nearby church tower strikes the hours and quarters "as if its teeth were chattering in its frozen head up there".