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Search phrase: evasion

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
King LearKL I.ii.126thrusting-on. An admirable evasion of whoremasterthrusting on. An admirable euasion of Whore-master-
Measure for MeasureMM I.i.50.2No more evasion.No more euasion:
Troilus and CressidaTC II.ii.68The wife I chose? There can be no evasionThe Wife I chose, there can be no euasion
Troilus and CressidaTC II.iii.113But his evasion, winged thus swift with scorn,But his euasion winged thus swift with scorne,

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cony-catchingrabbit-catching; trickery, evasion, knavery
deviceexcuse, evasion, subterfuge
directlystraightforwardly, rightly, without evasion
inventiondevising excuses, capacity for evasion
shiftevasion, subterfuge, device
slipcounterfeit coin; also: evasion
starting-holebolt-hole, loophole, evasion

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evasioncony-catching
evasiondevice
evasionstarting-hole
evasionshift
evasionslip
evasion, capacity forinvention
evasion, withoutdirectly

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