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Meanings of do naught in английском

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Usage of do naught in английском
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If a sword went astray, Lucius could do naught but watch it come.
Celtic fire
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Well I know what holds the thane here, but he can do naught.
A King's Comrade: A Story of Old Hereford
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For a moment he could do naught but gaze at Lempriere.
Michel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords] — Volume 3
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We can do naught but assist Nature, and alleviate her sufferings.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
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I can do naught with her now; she heeds not a word I say.
The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn: A Story of the Days of the Gunpowd...
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The next court you shall pay reverence to, but do naught nor say aught.
More English Fairy Tales
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I am a poor man- Icando naught for it.
His Grace of Osmonde / Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Lif...
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Jomar has been gone since daybreak, and till he returns thou canst do naught.
Vandrad the Viking; Or, The Feud and the Spell
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She waited, nervous, restless, shaking like a victim who can do naught but wait.
Hilda Lessways
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They can do naught to help me, it seems.
The Only Victor
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Stay, and thou canst do naught but kill thyself.
The Golden Silence
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Not only could he do naught, he knew naught!
Clayhanger
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He could do naught but continue falling through the orbit that had been ordained for him.
The Diamond Age
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The contriving of man can do naught to change what bath been resolved in My counsel.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2
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This was sober news, indeed, but we could do naught but make the best of it.
The Master of Appleby / A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part w...
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Those who do naught but bask in a king's favour are seldom men of real merit.
A March on London: Being a Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection
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