Ca
[,si:'eɪ] or [,si'e]
Examples
- Yo'll ca' me traitor and that—yo I mean t' say,' addressing Slackbridge, 'but 'tis easier to ca' than mak' out. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- In many cases, it is preferable to exert a force of 30 pounds, for example, over the distance _CA_ than a force of 120 pounds over the shorter distance _BA_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But r-e-a-l-l-y, r-e-a-l-l-y, ca-ca-cannot Tom She-She-She-Sheridan assist you, marquis? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Ca vaudra mieux, said the doctor, turning from me to her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I've noted down the amount of the taxed costs and damages for which the ca-sa was issued, and we had better settle at once and lose no time. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Then, I said I supposed he had a fine business, and Wemmick said, Ca-pi-tal! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Yi--WHAT place do they ca' it? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Wheeeeeeish-ca-rack! Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Lady Ingram thought it le cas to wring her hands: which she did accordingly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The remarks I made were certainly, as I conceive, what every female with the least decency or delicacy must have made, _en pareil cas. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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