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Meanings of take the goat in English

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Usage of take the goat in English
1
Let's go and take the goat and skip together on the hills.
Saint's Progress
2
If you'd only take the goat up to the giant's cairn, where it's well known food's regularly left for the she-dragon.
The buried giant
3
But we're too weak to do what you ask, and surely others will pass this way soon, happy to take the goat for you.
The buried giant
4
Hans took the goat, tied its legs and put it in his pocket.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2
5
People took sides in the argument, but I took the goat.
The Hunger Games
6
If it comes to choosing between goats and a boy, I'll take the goats!
Starr, of the Desert
7
She took the goat up to the Matten farm.
Toni, the Little Woodcarver
8
Take the goat to the stable, then.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
9
As the sun rose, she woke her brother, and said, 'Go and take the goats to pasture!'
The Grey Fairy Book
10
Take the goat away!
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue
11
"Horace and I will take the goat," I say.
The buried giant
12
'Oh, it is much nicer to be a goatherd,' she said; so he took the goats out.
The Grey Fairy Book
13
Afterwards they took the goat 50 miles up and down the river but each time the goat returned like the proverbial bad penny.
Indian Ghost Stories / Second Edition
14
He went on, trying to smile, 'You will be made comfortable, and of course we will take the goats out, if you wish.'
I shall wear midnight
15
'It means taking the goats out.'
I shall wear midnight
16
"Good-bye, Grethel." "Good-bye, Hans." Hans takes the goat, ties its legs, and puts it in his pocket.
Household Tales by Brothers Grimm
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