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as a matter of course |
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as a matter of course normally; as a normal procedure. The nurse takes your temperature as a matter of course. You are expected to make your own bed as a matter of course. as a matter of course if something happens as a matter of course, it happens without people thinking about whether they want it or not I don't think the Welsh language should be taught in schools as a matter of course - if students want to learn it, that's their choice. as a matter of course naturally or automatically Many pet owners lavish affection on their animals as a matter of course. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They both took the situation so much as a matter of course that I felt it absurd to do otherwise. Ivanhoe' I had known before, and the 'Bride of Lammermoor' and 'Woodstock', but the rest had remained in that sort of abeyance which is often the fate of books people expect to read as a matter of course, and come very near not reading at all, or read only very late. I have no doubt that it was largely nervousness that kept the mysterious playwright so long fumbling behind the scenes, for it was obvious that it would be no ordinary sort of play, no every-day domestic drama, that would satisfy this young lady, to whom life had given, by way of prologue, the inestimable blessing of wealth, and the privilege, as a matter of course, of choosing as she would among the grooms (that is, the bride-grooms) of the romantic British aristocracy. |
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