Bedene: all bedene: bidene: promptly, altogether. Belife: blive: quickly. Bent: coarse grass. Bete: make better, amend. Bewray: disclose. Bickered: skirmished. Blave: stayed. First English - belaf (allied to German blieb.) Boot: help, remedy.英文原著 · 《A Bundle of Ballads》
A LADY OF QUALITY Being a most curious, hitherto unknown history, as related by Mr. Isaac Bickerstaff but not presented to the World of Fashion through the pages of The Tatler, and now for the first time written down by Francis Hodgson Burnett英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
These characters Dr. Johnson, however, did not delight in reading, or in hearing of: he always maintained that the world was not half so wicked as it was represented; and he might very well continue in that opinion, as he resolutely drove from him every story that could make him change it; and when Mr. Bickerstaff's flight confirmed the report of his guilt, and my husband said, in answer to Johnson's astonishment, that he had long been a suspected man: "By those who look close to the ground, dirt will be seen, sir," was the lofty reply. "I hope I see things from a greater distance."英文原著 · 《Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson》
N.B.--Any number of persons are allowed to speak at the same time. By these means it is hoped to restore strife and dissension to the world, now alas! so fatally subjugated to a mean-spirited thing called Charity, which during the last month has been perfectly rampant in the college. Yes, we will give a helping hand to bickerings, petty jealousies, back-bitings, and all sorts of good things, and will be as jolly as ninepence and--who'll be the first president?英文原著 · 《Cambridge Pieces》
And I guess none of us will hear from him--not for a long time. He's certainly fixed himself for fair!"
"He sure has," agreed Old Jimmie. Maggie said nothing. "Seems to me we've got this young Sherwood hooked," said Old Jimmie, who had been impatient during this unprofitable bickering. "Seems to me it's time to settle just how we're going to get his dough. How about it, Barney?"
"Plenty of time for that, Jimmie. This is a big fish, and we've got to be absolutely sure we've got him hooked so he can't get off. We've got to play safe here; it's worth waiting for, believe me.英文原著 · 《Children of the Whirlwind》
I am tired. Take me in your arms, my love. Let all vain bickerings of discontent die away at the sweet meeting of our lips.英文原著 · 《Chitra, a Play in One Act》