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Also, take pride in. Be proud of, take satisfaction in, as in We pride ourselves on always being punctual, or She took pride in her flower garden. The first term dates from the late 1300s, the second from the late 1500s.

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Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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The speaker conjures up centuries of collective sagacity, aligning oneself with an eternal, inarguable good.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
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Liszt gazed at "his Hans," as he calls him, with the fondest pride, and seemed perfectly happy over his arrival.
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E was an Esquire, with pride on his brow; F was a Farmer, and followed the plough.
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Thou fell spirit of pride, prejudice, ignorance, and mauvaise honte!
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Man's enthusiasm in praise of a fellow mortal, is soon damped by the original sin of his nature—rebellious pride!
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And he replied shortly, and with a slight charming affectation of pride: "I did without."
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