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You might live in a rural area and bike down old country roads for fun, or you may live in the city and bike to work as a cheap, eco-friendly means of transportation.

In the old country, matchmakers would have said Nathan was “such a catch!”

They were rough about it, for no reason, just like they would have been in the old country.

Mohammed Assaf reminded folks of the Old Country in a different time when seniors were respected rather than discarded.

People are people, and people are prone to carry the grudges of the old country with them.

And so much the rest of the story reads more like a police blotter than a saga of good old country music.

So I made him come down with me to Englehart, that dear old country seat of my family in the Western shires which was now mine.

It was clear that our mission was popular, and clear too that affection for the old country was warm and lively.

The landlady, clad in a low-necked black dress with long sweeping train, was typical of many we saw in the old-country hotels.

Somebody left Atterly a pile of money, and he is going back to the old country.

When I'm given long leave, I'm going to blow 'em out by taking the boy back to the old country.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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