tears
/tɪɹz/ noun B1- Viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting.
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Morrel,” exclaimed the young seaman, with tears in his eyes, and grasping the owner’s hand, “M.
Anne, bursting into tears, rushed to the hall door, slammed it until the tins on the porch wall outside rattled in sympathy, and fled through the hall and up the stairs like a whirlwind.
“Amusing, certainly,” replied the young man, “inasmuch as, instead of shedding tears as at the fictitious tale of woe produced at a theatre, you behold in a law-court a case of real and genuine distress—a drama of life.
Her tears seemed to grieve the kind-hearted Munchkins, for they immediately took out their handkerchiefs and began to weep also.
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