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also_o come_v to_o for_o the_o greek_n call_v the_o day_n ensue_v or_o the_o morrow_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 7.26_o and_o xenophon_n speak_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o instant_n or_o present_a year_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o winter_n follow_v for_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v to_o come_v be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o demosthenes_n against_o midias_n call_v the_o next_o assembly_n follow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v also_o seek_v this_o word_n in_o the_o translation_n of_o the_o seaventie_o and_o have_v find_v it_o use_v in_o this_o sense_n deutr._fw-la 32.2.9_o oh_o that_o they_o will_v understand_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o time_n that_o ensue_v hence_o 1._o chron._n 20.1_o in_o the_o year_n
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