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1134. Open your mouth. At the mouth of the Thames

there is a large estuary. He stood at the mouth of the gun. I informed him of the circumstance by word of mouth. The poor fellow lives from hand to mouth. You are your friend's mouth pièce. The mouthr-piece of the trumpet makes my lips sore. I stopped his mouth. I stood at the mouth of the cave.

The mouth of a bottle.

MiND AND To MiND.

1135. I have a good mind to report you. It has been

so time out of mind. Do you know your own mind? I am not ail of your mind. We are of one mind. Bear in mind that I expect you.

Make up your mind. You put me in mind of by-gone times. I will give you a pièce of my mind. Mind what you are about! I do not mind going with you. Never mind! Mind your own business! You are very haughty: you do not mind what I say. How heedless you are! you do not mind what I say.

Naught.

1136. It came to naught. He set it at naught.

Notice and To Notice.

1137. I give you notice to quit. You have three

months' notice. Take notice of what I déclare hère. Did you take any notice of him ? When I met you, you did not take any notice of me. Did you notice his sudden terror?

Odds.

1138. Little odds and ends. We are at odds. The

odds are very great against you. I will bet you odds, two to one. He set us at odds.

Off.

1139. I am ofif. The match is off. The man is well

off. We are but poorly off. You come off cheap. Hats off! It is a long way off. The ship was off the Isle of Wight. Be off! Off with your hand! Off side.

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