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  • Son," he said, "I never rued a day in my life like the one I rued when I left that old mother of mine."†   (source)
  • She keeps telling us we're still dirty and if she has to come out to scrub us we'll rue the day.†   (source)
  • If not, I'll make her rue the day she refused me."†   (source)
  • Get the keys and remove those chains from him, before you make me rue the day I raped your mother.†   (source)
  • He will rue the day, Miss Barry.†   (source)
  • The authorities rued the fact that they had allowed us study privileges, and Badenhorst was determined to rectify that mistake.†   (source)
  • There's many a mother's child might ha' rued it."†   (source)
  • They may wallow in their filth then and rue the day when they drove a patriot into exile.†   (source)
  • How many a man has committed himself on a short acquaintance, and rued it all the rest of his life!†   (source)
  • —Ah, it's a scandalous shame for you, Stephen, said his mother, and you'll live to rue the day you set your foot in that place.†   (source)
  • If the man who had but one little ewe lamb that was dear to him as a daughter, that ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and lay in his bosom, had by some mistake slaughtered it at the shambles, he would not have rued his bloody blunder more than I now rue mine.†   (source)
  • "That's a fair young lady to hand to a coach in the dark, Mr. Darnay!" he said, ruing his new goblet.†   (source)
  • He interrogated his sentinel of the Rues Droit-Mur and Petit-Picpus; that agent, who had remained imperturbably at his post, had not seen the man pass.†   (source)
  • He thanked Providence for having sent this happy idea to him; but, as he was preparing to cross the Place, in order to reach the tortuous labyrinth of the city, where meander all those old sister streets, the Rues de la Barillerie, de la Vielle-Draperie, de la Savaterie, de la Juiverie, etc., still extant to-day, with their nine-story houses, he saw the procession of the Pope of the Fools, which was also emerging from the court house, and rushing across the courtyard, with great cries,…†   (source)
  • But I tell him that I'll be a sharp thorn in his side for many a long day to come; and I tell you two, again, that you don't know him yet; and that you'll rue the day you took compassion on the vagabond.'†   (source)
  • I lived butler with Miss Crawley for thirty years; and I little thought one of that family was a goin' to ruing me—yes, ruing me"—said the poor fellow with tears in his eyes.†   (source)
  • The Rues Saint-Denis and Saint-Martin, with their innumerable ramifications, rose one after the other, like trees intertwining their branches; and then the tortuous lines, the Rues de la Plâtrerie, de la Verrerie, de la Tixeranderie, etc., meandered over all.†   (source)
  • In this manner, the barricade, walled on three streets, in front on the Rue de la Chanvrerie, to the left on the Rues du Cygne and de la Petite Truanderie, to the right on the Rue Mondetour, was really almost impregnable; it is true that they were fatally hemmed in there.†   (source)
  • At that epoch, certain houses abutting on the river, in the Rues Madame and d'Enfer, had keys to the Luxembourg garden, of which the lodgers enjoyed the use when the gates were shut, a privilege which was suppressed later on.†   (source)
  • All that old quarter of the Halles, which is like a city within a city, through which run the Rues Saint-Denis and Saint-Martin, where a thousand lanes cross, and of which the insurgents had made their redoubt and their stronghold, would have appeared to him like a dark and enormous cavity hollowed out in the centre of Paris.†   (source)
  • But since I see, that thou wilt here abide, And thus forslothe* wilfully thy tide,** *idle away **time God wot, *it rueth me;* and have good day.'†   (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She rueth" in older English, today we say "She rues."
  • *Me rueth sore of* Hendy Nicholas: *I am very sorry for* He shall be *rated of* his studying, *chidden for* If that I may, by Jesus, heaven's king!†   (source)
  • "Thou saw'st thy child y-slain before thine eyen, And yet now lives my little child, parfay:* *by my faith Now, lady bright, to whom the woeful cryen, Thou glory of womanhood, thou faire may,* *maid Thou haven of refuge, bright star of day, Rue* on my child, that of thy gentleness *take pity Ruest on every rueful* in distress.†   (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-st" is dropped, so that where they said "Thou ruest" in older English, today we say "You rue."
  • *no matter* But wit* ye what? in counsel** be it said, *know **secret, confidence Me rueth sore I am unto her tied; For, an'* I shoulde reckon every vice *if Which that she hath, y-wis* I were too nice;** *certainly **foolish And cause why, it should reported be And told her by some of this company (By whom, it needeth not for to declare, Since women connen utter such chaffare <1>), And eke my wit sufficeth not thereto To tellen all; wherefore my tale is do.†   (source)
  • All she there told him, ruing death for friend so young, algate sore unwilling God's rightwiseness to withsay.†   (source)
  • Thereat laughed they all right jocundly only young Stephen and sir Leopold which never durst laugh too open by reason of a strange humour which he would not bewray and also for that he rued for her that bare whoso she might be or wheresoever.†   (source)
  • Nay, cursed be thou; since against his thy will Chose freely what it now so justly rues.†   (source)
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  • Thresh and Rue.†   (source)
  • Michel and Christiane's small apartment on the rue de Turbigo was filled with books and magazines.†   (source)
  • Walking quickly, but not running, Sofia circled the Salle Pleyel to the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore, where the well-lit entrance of the concert hall was located.†   (source)
  • I thought that if some rue was good, more was better, that ten herbs mixed were superior to five, that I could let my mind wander and the spell would not wander with it, that I could begin making one draught and halfway through decide to make another.†   (source)
  • Granted, Pondicherry was once a French colony, but no one would have me believe that some of the zoo animals had frequented the Alliance Francaise on rue Dumas.†   (source)
  • 24 Rue Haxo An address!†   (source)
  • Every week, without fail, the girl heated a black metal brazier over a flame, tossed a pinch of wild rue seeds in it, and wafted the espandi smoke in her baby's direction to ward off evil.†   (source)
  • I sat in the shadow of the dark-green café awning, staring down the length of the Rue des Francs Bourgeois, the tepid sun of a Parisian autumn warming the side of my face.†   (source)
  • Madam Pomfrey says he'll have to stay here a week or so … keep taking essence of rue …."†   (source)
  • Back to the rue Vauborel.†   (source)
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  • The gallery of onlookers, none of whom had witnessed the fight on the rue de Rivoli, came alive with loud assertions of "C'est vrai!†   (source)
  • You will rue this insolent behavior, young lady, I promise you that.†   (source)
  • "Rue means 'street.'†   (source)
  • Everything about her was a snowstorm of fascination, from the antique valentines and embroidered Chinese coats she collected to her tiny scented bottles from Neal's Yard Remedies; there had always been something bright and magical about her unknown faraway life: Vaud Suisse, 23 rue de Tombouctou, Blenheim Crescent W11 2EE, furnished rooms in countries I had never seen.†   (source)
  • Her voice is sharp and rue sounds dangerous.†   (source)
  • Two days in the crowded residential bulb was enough and I stepped to Lusus and took my pleasure in three days of whoring on the Rue des Chats.†   (source)
  • Carefully, with the blade at just the right angle, she cut through a stalk of insistent rue.†   (source)
  • Clarisse La Rue I could at least charm with my dazzling smile.†   (source)
  • Front entrance to the Auberge Nicolas Flamel (the Nicholas Flamel Hostel) on Rue du Montmorency, Paris.†   (source)
  • Dr. Urbino recalled without bitterness an antiquarian's shop, No. 26 rue Montmartre in Paris, on an autumn Monday in the last century.†   (source)
  • They reached the corner of the Rue de Rennes.†   (source)
  • Although he did not impose a penalty that day, a short while later, Walter, Kathy, and I were called before General Rue, the deputy commissioner of prisons, who told us that we had abused our study privileges in order to illegally write the manuscript.†   (source)
  • Then it's too late to fight, because a jut-jawed brute with arms like tree trunks tackles rue.†   (source)
  • In the middle of the night of January 28, police descended on the house on the rue Lweme and arrested the men inside, including Paula's husband, Joseph Balegamire.†   (source)
  • He knows all about me, and he hates rue for it.†   (source)
  • "Talk ain't everything," she said--words she had often remembered with rue during years when Bob scarcely seemed to utter two words a month.†   (source)
  • We shall all rue it bitterly, I fear.†   (source)
  • Lestat had a musician friend in the Rue Dumaine.†   (source)
  • She dressed her, put her to bed, brought her breakfast on a tray, and forced her to drink linden tea for her nerves, camomile for her stomach, lemon for translucent skin, rue for bile, and mint for her breath, until the child became a beautiful, angelic being who walked through the halls and patios wrapped in a scent of flowers, a rustling of starched petticoats, and a halo of curls and ribbons.†   (source)
  • Gunshots filled the rue de Rivoli.†   (source)
  • She walked south towards the Seine and finally found a room at a small hotel, the Victor Hugo on rue Copernic.†   (source)
  • The busy Rue de Richelieu was one of the most fashionable streets and the Hotel de Valois, at 17 Rue de Richelieu, a premier residence.†   (source)
  • I used to rue its dustiness in summer and muddiness in winter, the rain all rizen in the wheel ruts making glassy hazards for the unwary stepper.†   (source)
  • As were the street signs: RUE DE LA SEINE, RUE JACOB, RUE DE L'ABBAYE.†   (source)
  • NICK (With great rue) Christ.†   (source)
  • Hit jest makes rue nervous, the idee a-you takin' off in thet big wagon.†   (source)
  • "Sometimes," he said, "I rue and deplore the day I married a social worker."†   (source)
  • Nor, for that matter, was the sixtyeuro-a-night hotel on the rue du Lombard where he met Gabriel.†   (source)
  • Later they walked up to Rue St.-Simon.†   (source)
  • Son, someday the North is going to sadly rue these hypocritical attempts at magnanimity, these clever and transparent gestures that go by the name of tolerance.†   (source)
  • Falada says to the Goose Girl driving her geese, "Princess, Princess, passing by, / Alas, alas, if thy mother knew it, / Sadly, sadly her heart would rue it."†   (source)
  • You must apply in person, 17, rue Dante, Nice, 2me etage, appt.†   (source)
  • All my life I've wanted to see the Rue de Rivoli.†   (source)
  • The Pit, the Pendulum, and the ape, the chimney, the Murders in the Rue Morgue.†   (source)
  • We ran for our lives down the rue des Pyramides.†   (source)
  • Michel takes her arm and they wind back down the path, through the gate onto the rue Cuvier.†   (source)
  • Rue poised on her toes, arms slightly extended, like a bird about to take flight.†   (source)
  • 16 Rue has decided to trust me wholeheartedly.†   (source)
  • It was a huge mansion on the other side of the Tuileries, on the rue des Pyramides.†   (source)
  • I'd rather start in any other district, since this was Rue's home.†   (source)
  • Walking east on Rue des Petits Champs, Langdon felt a growing excitement.†   (source)
  • In between the rue St. Michel and the rue St. Jacques.†   (source)
  • Sophie looked back at the key and wondered what they would possibly find at 24 Rue Haxo.†   (source)
  • Werner turns right on what he believes is the rue d'Estrees.†   (source)
  • "It's the man who runs that theater on rue des Ecoles, the little one with the red-and-white lights.†   (source)
  • I mince groosling until it's practically mush and mash some of Rue's roots.†   (source)
  • Then, from somewhere in the crowd, someone whistles Rue's four-note mockingjay tune.†   (source)
  • We dashed across the rue de Rivoli into a wide plaza surrounded by the wings of the Louvre.†   (source)
  • Little Rue from Eleven or old Mags from Four.†   (source)
  • Sixteen drains back to the rue Vauborel.†   (source)
  • Now, as Langdon hurried across Rue de Rivoli, he could feel his destination within reach.†   (source)
  • It's our sign from District 12, the last good-bye I gave Rue in the arena.†   (source)
  • I promise to remember him and, if I can, do something to help his family and Rue's, if I win.†   (source)
  • But, Katniss, they're not hungry," says Rue.†   (source)
  • And even that pales in comparison with Rue's life.†   (source)
  • The blind daughter, the flat on rue des Patriarches.†   (source)
  • Around four P.M., a small company of German soldiers strolls up the rue Vauborel.†   (source)
  • "They whip you and make everyone else watch," says Rue.†   (source)
  • Prim…Rue…aren't they the very reason I have to try to fight?†   (source)
  • At Rue's suggestion, we lay out all our food to plan ahead.†   (source)
  • I tried to give it to Rue but she wouldn't take it.†   (source)
  • Here, near a corner, waits the tall narrow house at Number 4 rue Vauborel.†   (source)
  • Still, I made a pact with Rue under the same circumstances.†   (source)
  • I keep seeing Rue speared, my arrow piercing the boy's neck.†   (source)
  • Radio sets are to be delivered to 27 rue de Chartres before tomorrow noon.†   (source)
  • Before I leave, I make sure Rue's well stocked with food and matches.†   (source)
  • They are halfway up the rue des Patriarches.†   (source)
  • They will be like the speech I tried to write to honor Rue and Thresh in District 11.†   (source)
  • Instead of turning left onto the rue Vauborel, Marie-Laure continues straight.†   (source)
  • The ceremony's about to end when I notice one of Rue's sisters staring at me.†   (source)
  • I make it to the copse Rue has told me about and again have to admire her cleverness.†   (source)
  • Beneath her fingertips, the miniature rue d'Estrees intersects the miniature rue Vauborel.†   (source)
  • I wonder if the victim is Rue but quickly dismiss the thought.†   (source)
  • Rue did give me the impression that the rules in District 11 were more harshly enforced.†   (source)
  • But I couldn't tell what exactly," says Rue.†   (source)
  • She should go up through the trapdoor and walk out the front door onto the rue Vauborel.†   (source)
  • If she had won, Rue would never have let my death go unsung.†   (source)
  • Rue tentatively steps out into the open.†   (source)
  • A place like the meadow in the song I sang to Rue as she died.†   (source)
  • He hurries down through the lobby and paces the rue des Forgeurs, then the rue de Dinan.†   (source)
  • What do you think is going to happen to Rue's and Thresh's families?†   (source)
  • If only Rue would show up, and we could clear out.†   (source)
  • The soldiers turn down the rue St. Philippe and are gone.†   (source)
  • I know somehow it must be because of Rue and Thresh.†   (source)
  • Rue des Cordiers, rue Jacques Cartier, rue Vauborel.†   (source)
  • Rue contributes a big handful of some sort of starchy root to the meal.†   (source)
  • "Actually, I painted a picture of Rue," Peeta says.†   (source)
  • If there are fireflies this summer, they do not come down the rue Vauborel.†   (source)
  • Like the explosion and my ear and Rue's dying and the boy from District 1 and the bread.†   (source)
  • The comment about Rue has filled me with fury, enough fury I think to die with some dignity.†   (source)
  • The electric bell rings at Number 4 rue Vauborel.†   (source)
  • "But I feel as if I did know Rue, and she'll always be with me.†   (source)
  • On Rue's…I'm not prepared for Rue's family.†   (source)
  • I think her name's Rue," he says softly.†   (source)
  • "Rue Vauborel," her father says between pants.†   (source)
  • They start up the length of the rue Cuvier.†   (source)
  • I think of Rue, how maybe I could sing a song or something.†   (source)
  • Somehow I don't think he's talking about Rue.†   (source)
  • Etienne rents the same flat on the rue des Patriarches where Marie-Laure grew up.†   (source)
  • Rue has rolled to her side, her body curved in and around the spear.†   (source)
  • "It's not just the brothels on the rue Thevenard anymore.†   (source)
  • Needless to say, although it takes several hours to reach my old camp with Rue, I've shot nothing.†   (source)
  • "Twenty-two paces down the rue Vauborel to the rue d'Estrees.†   (source)
  • I know I'm on course when I come across Rue's third, unlit fire.†   (source)
  • They return drunk and laughing to the kitchen of Number 4 rue Vauborel.†   (source)
  • That Rue was more than a piece in their Games.†   (source)
  • Twenty-two paces to the intersection with the rue d'Estrees.†   (source)
  • The brief sense of home I had that one night with Rue has vanished.†   (source)
  • This, she realizes, must be the corner of the quay and rue Cuvier.†   (source)
  • I gather up an armful and come back to Rue's side.†   (source)
  • Three windows open onto the rue Vauborel in the front, three more onto the alley in the back.†   (source)
  • I find myself wishing I could tell Peeta about the flowers I put on Rue.†   (source)
  • I call Rue's name in a hushed whisper and the eyes appear, wide and alert, at once.†   (source)
  • "Number four rue Vauborel," says the man.†   (source)
  • It was this sound then, thanks to Rue, that sent the orchard workers of District 11 home each night.†   (source)
  • Out on the rue Vauborel, everything sounds calm.†   (source)
  • Rue has been singing to them, and recently.†   (source)
  • Nine storm drains down the rue Robert Surcouf.†   (source)
  • I can't help looking up in the tree where Rue secretly perched, waiting to save my life.†   (source)
  • Number 4 on the rue Vauborel still stands.†   (source)
  • Back to the intersection with the rue d'Estrees.†   (source)
  • I've got a feeling he must share some of Rue's knowledge on how to feed yourself from the earth.†   (source)
  • Madame Ruelle helps him onto the rue Robert Surcouf.†   (source)
  • But they've got everything down by the lake," Rue says.†   (source)
  • At the intersection with the rue d'Estrees, she turns not left, toward home, but right.†   (source)
  • Rue, who when you ask her what she loves most in the world, replies, of all things, "Music."†   (source)
  • I think we're going to have to fix that, Rue.†   (source)
  • He might be able to hold a few of us off with that, but Thresh could kill him easily," says Rue.†   (source)
  • There's a special little song I do," says Rue.†   (source)
  • "I wonder how that last one died," says Rue.†   (source)
  • Do what?" says Rue, but by the way she bounces up, you can tell she's up for whatever I propose.†   (source)
  • It could have been any of the others," says Rue.†   (source)
  • I make my way back up the stream and follow the same path back to Rue's hiding place near the lake.†   (source)
  • Wouldn't he be more likely to revenge Rue's death than I would?†   (source)
  • Rue's four-note tune coming out of a mockingjay's mouth.†   (source)
  • Rue …. so she made it through the first day after all.†   (source)
  • My sleeping bag is rolled neatly in Rue's pack.†   (source)
  • But if this is Prim's, I mean, Rue's last request, I have to at least try.†   (source)
  • "These aren't for sun, they're for darkness," exclaims Rue.†   (source)
  • Rue set up the fire but never made it back here.†   (source)
  • They left a lot of nests there," says Rue.†   (source)
  • I've got two water bottles and Rue's water skin.†   (source)
  • All I have left are Rue's roots and nuts, the boy's dried fruit, and one strip of beef.†   (source)
  • These aren't Rue's berries, although they resemble them.†   (source)
  • There's no sign of Rue, not on the ground or in the trees.†   (source)
  • Rue perches in a branch across from me, her hands cupping something.†   (source)
  • He just wanted the glasses to play with," says Rue.†   (source)
  • Where are you, Cato? I think as I roast the birds and Rue's roots.†   (source)
  • After a minute or so, Rue presses a gloppy green wad of chewed leaves and spit on my knee.†   (source)
  • I give Rue some matches and she makes sure I have plenty of leaves in case my stings flare up again.†   (source)
  • Apart from the food, Rue has a small water skin, a homemade slingshot, and an extra pair of socks.†   (source)
  • The one that leads from the camp Rue and I made all the way down near the lake and beyond.†   (source)
  • I step back and take a last look at Rue.†   (source)
  • To my surprise, Rue places the handful of leaves into her mouth and begins to chew them.†   (source)
  • I open my mouth and sing out Rue's four-note run.†   (source)
  • "They let you see in complete darkness," says Rue.†   (source)
  • Surprisingly, little Rue comes up with a seven.†   (source)
  • Maybe if he knows I helped Rue, he won't choose some slow, sadistic end for me.†   (source)
  • Besides, I'm eager to tell Rue about the pyramid.†   (source)
  • I don't see any other tributes, but I do notice some of the things Rue has mentioned.†   (source)
  • So is that what hangs above me? I look back to Rue for help, but she's melted into her tree.†   (source)
  • Because that's what happened with Rue, and I watched her die!†   (source)
  • Taking Rue on as an ally seems a better choice all the time.†   (source)
  • Something happened when I was holding Rue's hand, watching the life drain out of her.†   (source)
  • Well, first Rue, then you, and then I think we'll just let nature take care of Lover Boy.†   (source)
  • I return to Rue's signal fire and start it up, not caring about the excessive smoke.†   (source)
  • Somehow Rue and I must find a way to destroy their food.†   (source)
  • They have all those supplies," Rue says.†   (source)
  • They, at least, can be made to pay for Rue's death.†   (source)
  • Then one of Rue's eyes edges around the trunk.†   (source)
  • I can't stop looking at Rue, smaller than ever, a baby animal curled up in a nest of netting.†   (source)
  • He got stung, too, when they drew the tracker jackers in by the lake," says Rue.†   (source)
  • The smoke from Rue's second fire is wafting toward the sky.†   (source)
  • Unexpectedly, Rue throws her arms around me.†   (source)
  • Rue, who is dressed in a gossamer gown complete with wings, flutters her way to Caesar.†   (source)
  • I reach for my sleeping bag before I remember I left it with Rue.†   (source)
  • Rue and Foxface and …. all of the other tributes," I choke out.†   (source)
  • Last night, when I was gathering vines, I came upon a bush of Rue's berries.†   (source)
  • "Oh, no," says Rue, closing my fingers back over the pin.†   (source)
  • My eyes squint as they try to penetrate the tree next to me, but I can't make out Rue.†   (source)
  • By the time they call Rue, we are left alone.†   (source)
  • "They feed us a bit extra during harvest, so that people can keep going longer," says Rue.†   (source)
  • Rue is a small yellow flower that grows in the Meadow.†   (source)
  • I'm reloaded, shifting my aim from side to side, while I shout at Rue, "Are there more?†   (source)
  • As if it's me who's dying instead of Rue.†   (source)
  • Besides, if I'm going to die today, it's Rue I want to win.†   (source)
  • My only hope is to make it back to Rue's copse and conceal myself in greenery.†   (source)
  • I poke Rue in the belly, just like I would Prim.†   (source)
  • Any viper takes a bite of me will rue it.†   (source)
  • The images were there! rue de Rivoli, the Montparnasse, the taxi.†   (source)
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  • I started noticing all these frightening things in Margaret's house: creepy masks, old swords, books with titles like The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Skull and the Hatchet.   (source)
    rue = street name
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