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Значения термина in the act на английском

[Caught, etc.] In the act of wrongdoing.

Использование термина in the act на английском
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The stranger paused in the act of unhobbling the one remaining pony.
Blazed Trail Stories, and Stories of the Wild Life
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The man and the girl were also in the act of leaving.
Peter Ruff and the Double Four
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The celebrity paused in the act of lowering another segment of cake.
The Clicking of Cuthbert
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No mention was made of the dollar in the act of 1853.
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
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We start back in horror, as if in the act of profanation.
Henrietta Temple: A Love Story
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Patricia paused in the act of getting into bed and remarked demurely:
The Shield of Silence
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Gerald intervened as he was in the act of questioning the butler.
The Vanished Messenger
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The crash that followed stopped Mr. Grey in the act of rising.
The Woman in the Alcove
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Eugene was in the act of desiring the usher to announce him.
Prince Eugene and His Times
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His confederate was in the act of stepping across the raised threshold.
The False Faces: Further Adventures from the History of the Lone...
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Thus the polar reservoirs are despoiled in the act of being opened.
Is Mars habitable? A critical examination of Professor Percival ...
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Then Alice was shown in the act of taking off the uniform.
The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays / Or, The Sham Battles at ...
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He found Uncle Barney in the act of stirring up the fire.
The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island; or, The Old Lumberman's Treas...
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As it happened, the captain himself was in the act of descending.
The Illustrious Prince
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Shorty paused over the candle, in the act of blowing it out.
Smoke Bellew
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The gentleman, in the act of starting the horses, raised his hat.
Their Pilgrimage