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Meanings of talk earnestly in English

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Usage of talk earnestly in English
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She began to talk earnestly in mingled tones of pathos and strong remonstrance.
The Grimké Sisters / Sarah and Angelina Grimké: the First Americ...
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It's my misfortune that I can't talk earnestly without throwing my body into disorder.'
Born in Exile
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Earnest young women who sit with you in a corner and talk earnestly about life.
The Beautiful and Damned
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As if any Panamanian could talk earnestly of anything without waving his arms about him.
Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and i...
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The girl scrambled to her feet and, fetching a chair, began to talk earnestly, rapidly.
Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories
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Rushing between lessons with their old-fashioned files, some boys talk earnestly about their essays and marks.
The Guardian
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He began to talk earnestly.
Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
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This would grieve his father deeply and he would go to the boy's bedside and talk earnestly with him.
An American Robinson Crusoe
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A middle-aged, heavy-faced man in a general's uniform entered and began to talk earnestly to one of the other generals.
Before the Dawn: A Story of the Fall of Richmond
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Several other gentlemen gave the boy large sums as well, and Van Bibber continued to talk earnestly with the girl.
Van Bibber and Others
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Dana was in the habit of going to Morse's studio, where the two men would talk earnestly for long hours.
The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
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Just then the two Boers woke up and began to talk earnestly together, as though they were debating something hotly.
Jess
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My friend, who was a clergyman, began immediately to talk earnestly about many interesting things, and kept up a lively conversation.
Conscience
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Not only did he talk earnestly with men who had interests in the Atlantic isles, he studied all the available geographical works.
Christopher Columbus
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They talked earnestly about the ill-timed strike of the millmen at home.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment
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The two strolled slowly up and down the quiet street, talking earnestly.
The Second Violin
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