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1  But that don't mean I'll lose you.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: IV
2  I could see that it was one of his mean days.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
3  He's a worker, all right, ma'm, and he's got some ketch-on about him; but he's a mean one.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: X
4  If you mean me, Mr. Ordinsky, I have known Miss Lingard a long time, and I think I appreciate her kindness.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV
5  When the candle-ends sent up their conical yellow flames, all the coloured figures from Austria stood out clear and full of meaning against the green boughs.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XII
6  When he mounted his horse at the door, I saw that he had a hatchet slung to his belt, and he gave grandmother a meaning look which told me he was planning a surprise for me.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XI
7  She was a battered woman now, not a lovely girl; but she still had that something which fires the imagination, could still stop one's breath for a moment by a look or gesture that somehow revealed the meaning in common things.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: I