alas
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Hovhaness himself uses ancient Indian ragas, or what he calls "groups of associated notes" and tolas, groups of beats, rather than the conventional rhythms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such a man carried the sandal one maund of sandal and 20 tolas of camphor, rejoicing that he would lay them on Gopal!
From Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita by K???ad?sa Kavir?ja Gosv?mi
For the woman whome he so religiouslye visited did light him of all that he had, sauinge his workinge tolas.
From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Barclay, Alexander
At Hantuntaqui similar sepulchral mounds, called tolas, may be seen, as well as traces of military structures.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
Vocabulary lists containing alas
"Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 1
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4-letter words, List 1
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