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Meanings of quite tame in английском

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Usage of quite tame in английском
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I am quite tame; I am about the tamest beast that crawls.
Manalive
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But it's a mean beast you can control, if not quite tame.
Wired
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Next morning we saw them at breakfast and they were quite tame.
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
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We catch new birds every year, and some are never quite tame.
When Grandmamma Was New: The Story of a Virginia Childhood
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I should think you must find every one else quite tame, Mr.
A Prince of Sinners
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All the birds are quite tame, and come readily to the call.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life / or, the Sights and Sensati...
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As he was quite tame, he must have been some one's pet.
The Nursery, No. 169, January, 1881, Vol. XXIX / A Monthly Magaz...
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Apart from that I was quite tame; I didn't get too mashed up.
The Guardian
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So in a few weeks the wild ones become quite tame.
The Wonders of the Jungle, Book One
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Oria intimated that she would in time make the little stranger quite tame.
On the Banks of the Amazon
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Having to go to college now seemed quite tame in comparison.
Free from School
12
The eiderdown is easily collected, as the birds are quite tame.
Love's Meinie: Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds
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It is about the size of a calf, very good-natured, and quite tame.
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52
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Soon it took food from their hands, and grew quite tame.
The Nursery, October 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 4
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After feeding awhile they will become quite tame and may be closely approached.
Bird Day; How to prepare for it
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Pheasants, quail, partridges are quite tame, perhaps because we feed them in winter.
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