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It was seemingly in fun, but he thought that might just be politeness because company was present
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He was convinced she only asked out of politeness
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‘Nice day to be out walking,’ he said in that formally stiff voice that was a mockery of politeness, a false pleasantry
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clothing while selling in Acapulco, but if you were dealing with a Mexican, extreme politeness was a requirement
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It was mere politeness though; she did not expect his offer to materialise and nor was she bothered by the prospect
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She half-smiled as if out of politeness and pressed the question somehow lamely:
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Jerry and Carl giggled, and even Una smiled wanly, because she thought politeness demanded it
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Over the years, Karl's emails have always been marked by politeness, respect, and goodwill
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“I knew that they are obsessed with politeness, so I bowed deeply and the Kapa
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I was a bit overwhelmed by all this attention and wondered what he wanted from me, but I replied with all due gratitude and politeness, assuring him that I would report his kindness to the Khakhan
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I thought about how rude I’d been to him earlier and decided that I owed him some politeness after all
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I was aware of your obvious politeness, only to find that the last in
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because of this politeness that I felt I could postpone it for a
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I’m in a hurry,” I said, realizing that politeness wasn’t going to work with him
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The 'didn’t grab' children could have come from severe and restrictive families who placed a disproportionate emphasis on manners and politeness thus inhibiting
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Countless studies show that politeness and recognition are extremely important in a woman’s buying decision
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All I've ever asked of my pupils is to treat me the same as I treat them: with politeness as equals while doing my best to amuse as well as edify
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She was the epitome of politeness during any of their outings and would always say
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waved back, more out of politeness than recognition
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She thought that he was interested, she clearly misunderstood his politeness for something else
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Your politeness only signals to the Sniper
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pleasant young woman who had so graciously presented herself to the others, managing in some small way to capture their hearts and admiration with her charm and politeness
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The effects of an incomplete fucking were sadly taking their toll on the politeness region in her fuddled brain
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Viktor Graschev kept a façade of politeness and respect as he escorted his Saudi visitor to his own car, an armored Mercedes-Benz 350, so that they could go visit together his warehouse
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He looked slightly taken aback, but innate politeness kicked in and he smiled affably and held out his hand
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The semblance of politeness on Mendoza’s part then evaporated and he stared back at her with contempt
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Bunyan didn’t remonstrate with the young people personally; rather, she came to either Martine or myself asking us with icy politeness if we could speak to these unruly youths who were causing her to have a bad headache
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This means that you are overeating simply out of politeness
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Beaudouin didn’t remark on that then out of politeness: women were supposed to be interested in things that helped run households and raise families, not in intricate studies
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’’ Replied the boy with his customary politeness
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cheeks to hide that shitty grin just out of sheer politeness
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Nancy then directed and supervised them, but always showed them politeness and consideration during the three days that the renovation work went on
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given only out of politeness, and could be interpreted as a brush off
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“Omar” stressed that politeness always paid off and so did
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“No, thank you,” Tammas said, refusing out of politeness
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They would put their hands in front of their mouths, trying to maintain the politeness and mannerliness of the Asian people
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He is scripted to be mesmerised, identifying himself and turning his back in politeness before her pale skin becomes too exposed
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Therefore, when you approach his sanctuary, you should stand in utmost politeness at a distance of four cubits, opposite the head and the face of the Prophet (cpth), and then say in a low voice:
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Common courtesy games, like the simple politeness of 'After you' , can go feral in untamed areas, like traffic jams, resulting in road rage
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This perfection which the spirit has colored within the times of its entrance into God's will be translated in the spirit of this believer who adopts that way in the form of mercy, tenderness, generosity, bounty, chivalry, helping the needy, saying the truth, openness of speech, kindness, gentleness, politeness, patience, deliberateness, modesty, bravery, to stand up strictly to the false, justice, equity, self-esteem, sense of honour… and others
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“Then this way,” said the officer, changing direction with almost military precision, the last remnants of patience and politeness long gone from her voice
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That was the most sincere politeness I've ever been shown
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While the rules of politeness may not always be accented in our society as much as it once was, we should have respect for our fellow sportsmen just as they should have the same respect for you
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'It makes me twenty years younger,' he said yesterday as he handed me over the fence with the same politeness I have seen in the manner of old men handing large dowagers to their places in a set of quadrilles, 'to see your cheerful morning face
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'Well, well,' she said, when I, tired of talking, got up and removed the impeding table with something of the brisk politeness of a dentist unhooking the patient's bib and screwing down his chair after he has done his worst, 'you seem to be a good sort of girl
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) However, his curiosity and politeness won out, and he extended his hand in greeting to the woman in the shadows
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Barnes's politeness and sense of duty as a guest never flags for a moment--this is what happens, and it happens in the mornings also
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They seem to disappear; and urged by politeness, or a desire to please, I frantically hunt for them in a perfectly empty mind
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At the same time she is most earnest in her endeavours to be an agreeable guest, and is all politeness; but so am I, most earnest for my part in my desire to be an agreeable hostess, and we are both so dreadfully polite and so horribly considerate that things end by being exactly as I would prefer them not to be
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Barnes and I did it with every mark of consideration and politeness
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What else was she to say? What does one say in such a case? Our governesses teach us how pleasant and amiable an adornment is politeness, but not one of mine ever told me what I was to say when confronted by an announcement that I was to be included in somebody's prayers
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With every gesture of politeness she hastened to clamber up on to the billows of feathers and white quilt
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The vicar bowed slightly, and Robin asked with an air of great politeness but still with that light in his eyes if he were to address her, then, as Miss Schultz
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Fritzing was the last man wilfully to break local rules or wound susceptibilities; and pulled out of his unpleasant abstraction by the vicar's voice he immediately desisted from continuing his short cut, and coming onto the path removed his hat and apologized with the politeness that was always his so long as nobody was annoying him
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"Oh madam," said Fritzing with a vast politeness, settling himself yet more firmly in his chair, "nothing of mine can possibly be of the same value as anything of yours
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Down there they had taken for granted that he was a relation of Jim's, the kind of relative who in a man's life appears only three times, the last of which is his funeral; here in Eaton Terrace they were immediately sure he was not, anyhow, that, because for relatives who only appear those three times a girl's face doesn't change in a flash from gentle politeness to tremulous, shining life
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'Oh how do you do, Everard,' said Miss Entwhistle, advancing with all the precipitate and affectionate politeness of one who is greeting not only a host but a nephew
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She doubted whether, even if Chesterton were not there, she would be able to; and yet continued politeness appeared in the face of his answers impossible
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I thought about knocking, but then I realized politeness was a low priority, security was higher; and a stealthy entrance was the best strategy
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There wasn’t the slightest trace of reserved politeness that would have befitted two people who don’t know anything about each other yet
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Perhaps I should have offered out of politeness anyway
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He replied with politeness
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Welshman with mock politeness
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was not a case of tactful politeness, as inventors like to argue, but a case where no one present really
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over drowning my politeness and that is true, which I admit
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To Picasso’s surprise, the Germans treated him with great politeness and respect
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everybody listened with politeness and admiration
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Was she happy? She asked me about Yola and her husband, my father also, out of politeness
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His politeness and tact, his attachment to Lea and the inordinate affection he showed her together with a respectful and friendly attitude to Stratos inspired in them a sense of responsibility and protectiveness
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What you get is a façade of politeness with every imaginable inhumanity being practiced secretly inside closed minds, behind closed doors, inside closed societies, and closed communities
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Where do you think the High Kultur of ritualized politeness that all the lower classes try to mimic comes from? From the legacy of ancient killers visiting other killers
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All this meaningless jabber, this trivia, this fake politeness, this fear, this dishonesty, and this cowardice: is merely a way of venting secret anger and hate and distastes, and judgments of others
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While the rules of politeness may not always be accented in our
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� At some point, we feel a real hunger or a sense of politeness, and we eat some green food that tastes wonderful in spite of our previous perspective
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Why are these callers from the west not using the politeness and what can I do about it?
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After forcing themselves to take a drink out of politeness they waited for what would come next with almost breathless anticipation
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'Of course, sir,' she said with exaggerated politeness, 'We wouldn't want to hinder the great quest, would we?'
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'Go away,' she said to the constable, with all her customary politeness
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But I never was any good at that politeness stuff
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But his politeness was a screen, Ingrid knew; of course it was, and she waited with mounting tension for him to arrive at the true purpose of his visit, and not five minutes later, he did just that
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“So, did you have to live in the dark?” Teagan asked, and it wasn’t just politeness or morbid curiosity making her ask, she was generally interested
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It is considered as a common way of showing politeness, a gesture of courtesy, one way to outshine the rest of the interviewees, and a way to keep your name upfront
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"I would not say happily, my friend," returned the uncle, with refined politeness; "I would not be sure of that
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Citizen Gabelle hinted, with infinite delicacy and politeness, that in the pressure of business imposed on the Tribunal by the multitude of enemies of the Republic with which it had to deal, he had been slightly overlooked in his prison of the Abbaye--in fact, had rather passed out of the Tribunal's patriotic remembrance--until three days ago; when he had been summoned before it, and had been set at liberty on the Jury's declaring themselves satisfied that the accusation against him was answered, as to himself, by the surrender of the citizen Evremonde, called Darnay
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He only ate from politeness, just tasting the food that Katerina Ivanovna was continually putting on his plate, to avoid hurting her feelings
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Round the skins six of the men belonging to the fold seated themselves, having first with rough politeness pressed Don Quixote to take a seat upon a trough which they placed for him upside down
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Don Quixote returned his salutation with equal politeness, and dismounting from Rocinante advanced with well-bred bearing and grace to embrace him, and held him for some time close in his arms as if he had known him for a long time
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Many were the compliments and expressions of politeness that passed between Don Quixote and Don Fernando; but they were brought to an end by a traveller who at this moment entered the inn, and who seemed from his attire to be a Christian lately come from the country of the Moors, for he was dressed in a short-skirted coat of blue cloth with half-sleeves and without a collar; his breeches were also of blue cloth, and his cap of the same colour, and he wore yellow buskins and had a Moorish cutlass slung from a baldric across his breast
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He glanced at her frizzled head, bare shoulders, and fantastically trimmed dress with an expression that abashed her more than his answer, which had not particle of his usual politeness in it
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The duchess came out splendidly attired, and Don Quixote, in pure courtesy and politeness, held the rein of her palfrey, though the duke wanted not to allow him; and at last they reached a wood that lay between two high mountains, where, after occupying various posts, ambushes, and paths, and distributing the party in different positions, the hunt began with great noise, shouting, and hallooing, so that, between the baying of the hounds and the blowing of the horns, they could not hear one another
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The housewives admired her economy, the patients her politeness, the poor her charity
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During the journeys he made to see her, Leon had often dined at the chemist's, and he felt obliged from politeness to invite him in turn
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Out of pure vexation he remained without eating, and out of pure politeness Sancho did not venture to touch a morsel of what was before him, but waited for his master to act as taster
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said he, as he recognised the mansion, "what does this mean? It is all courtesy and politeness in this house; but with the vanquished good turns into evil, and evil into worse
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of this time-serving politeness: now I imagined that I only felt pity; yet it would have puzzled a casuist to point out in what the exact difference consisted
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"He received me with great politeness (my uncle had already prepossessed him in my favour), and listened, with interest, to my explanation of the motives
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observing, with the most soothing politeness and manly interest, that 'my
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I was particularly pleased with a certain lightness, almost carelessness (strictly within the bounds of politeness, however), which was apparent in my style, and better than any possible arguments, gave them at once to understand that I took rather an independent view of "all that unpleasantness last night"; that I was by no means so utterly crushed as you, my friends, probably imagine; but on the contrary, looked upon it as a gentleman serenely respecting himself should look upon it