And she repeated the free caress into which her colloquies with Maisie almost always broke and which made the child feel that her affection at least was a gage of safety.
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Colloquy
Synonyms for "colloquy" (35 found)
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discussionexchangegive-and-takeintercourseinterlocutionpalaverparleyrap sessionrappingseminartalkverbal intercourse
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House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds.
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At the end of the colloquy, Judge Spicer asked Carr whether anyone had "pressured" him into accepting the deal.
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The Colloquies are, in essence, a textbook of linguistic exercises to help students to practice and improve their Latin, but Erasmus also recognized his book’s potential for inspiring Europe with his humanist ideals.
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