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A sad sight for the poor gypsy, a foundling, condemned to death, an unhappy creature, without country, without family, without a hearthstone.
Well, it was a sad sight to me; and whether it was because of my thoughts of Alan, or from something prophetic in my bosom, although this was but the second time I had seen King George's troops, I had no good will to them.
It was a sad sight, but it showed us that the anchorage was calm.
Surely to any man it is a sad sight," said Alleyne, "to see these holy men, who have done no sin themselves, suffering so for the sins of others.
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- a rift in the lute
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- a rolling stone gathers no moss
- a roof over your head
- a rotten apple
- a rough diamond
- a rough patch
- a rough ride
- a rough time
- a rough trot
- a round peg in a square hole
- a rousing send-off
- a royal pain
- a rude awakening
- a rule of thumb
- a rum do
- a rum go
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- a rush of blood
- a sacred cow
- a sad sight
- a sad state (of affairs)
- a safe pair of hands
- a safety net
- a sandwich shy of a picnic
- a saving grace
- a say
- a scholar and a gentleman
- a school of thought
- a scooch
- a score to settle
- a sea change
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- a second wind
- a security blanket
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- a serpent in (one's) bosom
- a seven-day wonder
- a shade
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- a shadow of your former self
- a shame
- a shell game
- a shiver down (one's) spine
- a shiver ran down (one's/someone's) spine
- a shiver ran up (one's/someone's) spine
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- a run for her money
- a run for his money
- a run for money
- a run for my money
- a run for one's money
- a run for our money
- a run for their money
- A Run for Your Money
- a run on a large demand for
- a run on something
- A Run, A Pass, A Hit on the Enemy
- a running battle
- a running start
- a rush of blood
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- a sacred cow
- a sad sight
- a sad state
- a sad state (of affairs)
- a sad state of affairs
- a saddle tramp
- a saddle-tramp
- a safe bet
- a safe pair of hands
- a safe space
- a safe-bet
- A Safer Place Youth Network
- a safety net
- a safety valve
- a safety-valve
- A Sailor Moon Romance
- A Salto de Mata
- A Salty Dog
- a sandwich shy of a picnic
- A Santos Dumont
- A Saucerful of Secrets
- a savage
- a saving grace
- a saving-grace
- a savoir
- a say
- a scab
- a scab
- a scab
- a scab
- A scale
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