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'Persuade her to lie down; it will be easier for her.'From the moment when he woke up and understood what was the matter Levin had braced himself to endure what might await him, without reasoning and without anticipating anything – firmly suppressing all his thoughts and feelings, determined not to upset his wife but on the contrary to calm and support her.

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With character names like "Pistolero", "Comanche" and "The Gent" I braced myself for the worse and was punch in the face by just that.

Before watching it I'd read that it was rather boring, so I braced myself for a very slow movie - though I love me a slow movie.

I rented it with this in mind and braced myself for something horrible.

The world press is filled with stories about honey laced with industrial sweeteners, canned goods contaminated by bacteria and excessive amounts of additives, rice wine braced with industrial alcohol, and farm-raised fish, eel, and shrimp fed large doses of antibiotics and then washed down with formaldehyde to lower bacterial counts.

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