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Idioms and Phrases
Also, that is to say . To explain more clearly, in other words, as in It's on the first floor, that is, at street level , or We're coming next month, that is to say, in November . [Early 1600s] Also see under that's .Example Sentences
"Buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.
Train comes in, put your money in the turnstile, show your permit to the turnstile's eye, get aboard and that-is-that.
What greeting shall we send from the Civilization-that-is to the Civilization-that-is-to-be?
I-guess-that-is-how-doing-everything to-please-white-people-became-ingrained-in-our nature.
Now for the library, to find that sum of money which my foolish mamma-in-law-that-is-to-be mentioned having placed there.
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