Example Sentences
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"Ranjish hee sahi," says one Facebook update, "dil hee dukhaane ke liye aa!"
From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2012
Jalil didn’t have the dil either, Nana said, to do the honorable thing.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Mr Chappell cites an ancient ballad which was sung to the tune of Hie dildo, dil.
From The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad by Macbain, Alexander
Well, look here, I've just done a poem; dil it instead of playing dominoes after lunch.
From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard
When afterwards asked if he was not afraid to hit the Sahib, 'I was very much afraid indeed,' he replied, 'but dil mazbut karke lagaya: I nerved myself for the occasion.'
From Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
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