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Meanings of lie fallow in inglês

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Usage of lie fallow in inglês
1
Yes, five years was a long time for anything to lie fallow.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
2
One should never let any of the faculties of nature lie fallow.
Madame Bovary
3
Ah, Molly, you must let my goodness lie fallow for a while!
Wives and Daughters
4
Wherever the land had the chance, it seemed to lie fallow.
Essays of Travel
5
Nothing to be made by letting that hydro-electric opportunity lie fallow.
The Pride of Palomar
6
He never let his taxes lapse, nor his money lie fallow.
A Son of the Hills
7
I can afford to let my 'legal field' lie fallow for the summer.
The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
8
Why should those years that might produce so much lie fallow?
Devereux — Volume 01
9
Is it a good feeling to let life lie fallow?
East of eden
10
Let humanity lie fallow, for two generations at least.
Fantasia of the Unconscious
11
We don't know what fraction of the unlicensed inventions that lie fallow should remain so.
Wired
12
How long shall the piece of ground lie fallow whereon dogs or men have died?
Sacred Books of the East
13
Farmers were letting their lands lie fallow and their stock go untended in the fields.
The Tangle Box
14
We have powers and let them lie fallow.
Principles of Freedom
15
The fields for the most part lie fallow and overgrown by weeds and thistles, never seen before.
The Day of Wrath
16
Hearts lie fallow sometimes; and seeds of love swell very big in the ground, all undisturbed and unsuspected.
Mercy Philbrick's Choice
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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