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Meanings of very threshold in English

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Usage of very threshold in English
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The arm of Leicester was paralyzed upon the very threshold of success.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
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Should he, on the very threshold of such an errand, be afraid?
Ben-Hur
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The new visitor was checked at the very threshold by Dolly's cry-
The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood
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He might lie down and die at the very threshold of the door.
Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also t...
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Archibald, I am on the very threshold of the next world.
East Lynne
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On the very threshold I stood arrested by that heartbroken cry of his.
The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and might...
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A charm expanded and conquered every heart from the very threshold.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 4
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The footsteps come nearer,-nearerstill; they reach the very threshold, and then pause.
Molly Bawn
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And there, on their very threshold, they found one of nature's rare bonanzas.
2001. A Space Odyssey
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Crossing the very threshold of his residence, Jack was suddenly and swiftly assaulted.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks / Book Number Fifteen...
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On its very threshold they met the doctor, dark and irritated.
A Sappho of Green Springs
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Suppose he should stumble at the very threshold of his success?
Black Jack
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It brought me to the very threshold of the old door.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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You try to thwart me on the very threshold of success!
The Count's Millions
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The floor of the cave ascended from the very threshold.
The Last of the Plainsmen
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The bellowing of beasts met them on the very threshold.
A Thorny Path — Volume 04
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