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Meanings of very devil in inglês

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Usage of very devil in inglês
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I went further-thevery devil must have been in me that day.
The Desired Woman
2
I had the very devil of a job to get to Stanning.
Okewood of the Secret Service
3
But, as a golfer, I have frequently found it the very devil.
The Clicking of Cuthbert
4
If I didn't there'd be the very devil to pay in blackmail.
The Amateur Cracksman
5
As for that rascal Starlight, he would deceive the very devil himself.
Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a...
6
You have got us both into a very devil of a fix.
The Last Woman
7
It's bleeding a good deal, and it hurts like the very devil.
The Aztec Treasure-House
8
But now, some mornings, it 's the very devil to get going.
Roderick Hudson
9
In fact, they was running like the very devil-dogs was after them.
Orb Sceptre Throne
10
Fortune has generally been esteemed a goddess, but misfortune a very devil.
The Three Clerks
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But I don't see how the very devil we can manage it.
La Mere Bauche / From Tales of All Countries
12
Look here, you're just playin' the very devil a-commandin' these here men.
Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons
13
It will be a hard battle, for Hatteraick is a very devil!
Red Cap Tales, Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of t...
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All my life-eversince I can remember-washingand ironing, like-like-the very devil!
The Best British Short Stories of 1922
15
Isn't it the very devil, how things all come back on me?
His Family
16
I told you Central Station; drive there at once like the very devil.
A Master of Mysteries
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