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n. - A small island.

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  • She lived and grew up in the ait all her life and had no idea what other places look like.
  • Chacun voudrait que son voisin ait un peu de conscience, mais personne n'en veut pour soi-même.
  • Orto deinde murmure "Non efficietis," ait, "ut solutos verear quos alligatos adduxi."
  • "Sed ne illud quidem," ait, "quisquam negabit bonum esse omne quod iustum est contraque quod iniustum est malum."
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  • On the "ait" (small island), they "ate" (consumed) dinner at "eight" (number between seven and nine).
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