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Meanings of take a penknife in inglês

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Usage of take a penknife in inglês
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We will take a penknife and divide it into halves, cutting straight through the stem and cap.
Among the Mushrooms: A Guide For Beginners
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Morelli took a penknife from his pocket and exposed more of the plastic.
Three to get deadly and four to score
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He took a penknife out of his pocket, and ripped off the stout paper covering.
Good Old Anna
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Mr Holmes took a penknife out of his pocket and began to sharpen my pencil.
The mandala of sherlock holmes: the missing years
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He took a penknife from his waistcoat pocket.
The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories:...
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For, at his wincing and shrinking, his friend had taken a penknife and ripped up the jackboot.
Australia Felix
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He instantly took a penknife from his pocket, and by dint of probing and scraping brought the earring out upon open ground.
A Pair of Blue Eyes
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Frederick smiled, and, taking a penknife, he hastily cut off the backs of the books, and took out a number of folded papers.
Frederick the Great and His Court
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A moment he held it, then pulled it to him and, taking a penknife from the table, grimly, deliberately, he severed the cord.
The Odds / And Other Stories
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Now, as I appeared to have mastered the equestrian art, he rose to his feet and took a penknife out of his pocket.
The corfu trilogy
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Dorsey reached down and took a penknife from the tray in front of Marsden, and cut the twine, and the sandwich fell apart.
Hornblower and the Crisis