within
/wɪðˈɪn/ preposition A2- In the inner part, spatially; physically inside. · within her studio
- In the scope or range of. · within his hearing; her within five seconds of breaking the record; within an inch of falling overboard
- Before the specified duration ends. · Leave here within three days.
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“Go to the strangers who are within my land and destroy them all except the Lion,” said the Wicked Witch.
Edmond, at the approach of his patron, respectfully placed the arm of his affianced bride within that of M.
Of course this politeness was wasted on the Scarecrow; for when he found himself alone in his room he stood stupidly in one spot, just within the doorway, to wait till morning.
Then they began to pass around the dusky, piquant, Arlesian sausages, and lobsters in their dazzling red cuirasses, prawns of large size and brilliant color, the echinus with its prickly outside and dainty morsel within, the clovis, esteemed by the epicures of the South as more than rivalling the exquisite flavor of the oyster, North.
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