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• what do you wish for?
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• Your dearest wish will come true.
• "I suppose all old soldiers are the same," said Mrs White. "The idea of our listening to such nonsense! How could wishes be granted in these days? And if they could, how could two hundred pounds hurt you, father?" / "Might drop on his head from the sky," said the frivolous Herbert.
• I'll come tomorrow, if you wish it.
• I would not wish / Any companion in the world but you.
• Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …
• This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for.
• Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it dubiously. "I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact," he said slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want."
• We wish you a Merry Christmas.
• I would not wish them to a fairer death.
• Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil.
• Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
• I was wished to your worship by a gentleman.
• I wish I were taller.
• I wish you a happy new year.