give 'place into the hands or custody of' hand 'place into the hands or custody of' pass on 'place into the hands or custody of' slip 'pass on stealthily' reach 'place into the hands or custody of' pass on 'give to or transfer possession of' turn over 'place into the hands or custody of' pass 'place into the hands or custody of' sneak 'pass on stealthily'
dispatch shunt import mail pass on shift deliver ship express post convey sneak export hand transship airmail pass forward transmit transport wire transfer port slip smuggle drive send return
donate 'COD: give (money or goods) for a good cause' foist 'COD: impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing on. ' give 'COD: freely transfer the possession of; cause to receive or have. ' endow 'COD: give or bequeath an income or property to. '
Turn the files over to me, please hand me the spoon, please He slipped me the key when nobody was looking She passed the family jewels on to her daughter-in-law He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers
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Nora sent the book from Paris. Nora sent the book. Nora sent me the book. Nora sent the book from Paris to London. Nora sent the book to London. TransCanada is shifting its HQ to Calgary from Toronto.
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Turn the bastards over to me- to me and my boys- no nigger ever got what would be comin to them- reactionary bastards. I asked, taking a final gulp of my drink, and handing him the empty glass. Handing the money over, Russ wiped his hands on his pants-legs as if ridding himself of something unclean. At_war 's end leadership in Western Europe passed from Britain because the Labour_Government devoted its attention to the creation of a welfare_state. In 1927 his father 's business collapsed, and, rather_than go bankrupt, Mercer senior turned his firm over to a bank for liquidation. We propose a method for selecting only dictionary information required by the text being translated and a means for passing the information directly to the occurrences in text. They squatted on their heels in the deep mud and Dill found a cigar in his breast_pocket, passing it over silently. Payne dismounted in Madison_Place and handed the reins to Herold. Then I picked it up again and handed it to the old_man. A spectator picked_up the ball and handed it to a small boy, who dropped this suddenly hot_potato in a very playable lie. She said,`` Well, those are the really interesting things, but if you do n't like any of those I can turn_over some of my extra typing jobs to you, if you think you can type well enough''. They passed the marmalade, the bread, the black-market butter, back_and_forth. Agriculture_Department economists estimate the Government this year will hand farmers$ 1.4 billion in special subsidies and incentive payments, well above the record$ 1.1 billion of 1958 and about double the$ 639 million of 1960. I grinned at him, handed him a_couple_of dollars and said,`` By the time you get the parking charge figured up, there should be a cigar in it for you''. U._S._Rubber_Company, New_York, passes out a form itemizing the value of benefits. Control of the government- such control as there was and such government as there was- passed into the hands of Joseph_Mobutu, chief_of_staff of the Congolese army. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public_servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. By the time Barco reached the count of three, the situation seemed to Welch almost too good to be true. Watson supported the man to the edge of the bank and passed the frail figure over the bow of the nearest skiff. Beckworth handed the pass to the colonel. `` And who is this''? he asked, when she passed him a glass. You have heard him tell these young people that during his almost 50 years of service in the Congress he has seen the Kaisers and the Hitlers and the Mussolinis, the Tojos and Stalins and Khrushchevs, come and go and that we are passing_on to them the freest Nation that mankind has ever known. He replenished the dipper and handed it to his young wife riding the hurricane_deck. The Christian_Faith History of the Church_Duties of Church_Membership The Local Church and Its Program Following each instruction period a_piece of literature dealing with the topic should be handed each one for further reading during the week. He handed Harold a key to the front_door, and cautioned him against leaving it unlocked while they were out of the apartment. Harvey_B._Stevens of Kenilworth will give his niece in marriage. A note making the request was handed to U._S._Ambassador_Winthrop_G._Brown. We must avoid the notion, suggested to some people by examples such_as those just mentioned, that ideas are`` units'' in_some_way comparable_to coins or counters that can be passed intact from one group of people to another or even, for_that_matter, from one individual to another. Dr._W._B._I._Martin officiated, and the bride was given in marriage by her father. `` It is like handing a loaded .45 automatic to an 8- year-old and telling him to run out and play'', he commented. It dawns on you that instead of a lump to fill the seat across the bridge table from you, he was a man, and that because Gratt_Shafer was making you miserable, you were passing it down to him, to Gratt_Shafer 's substitute, that other guy. A_few passed along a tip for the simple reason that they liked him and wanted to give him a break. He handed the bayonet to Dean and kept the pistol. Mrs._Pastern had been given sixteen names, a bundle of literature, and a book of receipts. Warren handed him the metal box and Prevot quietly disappeared down the line. Therefore as through one man sin entered into the world and through sin death, and thus death has passed unto all men because all have sinned. There was no debate as the Senate passed the bill on to the House. Hand her a chair and she would say,`` Why, it 's a nice imitation of those Queen_Anne chairs I inherited from Grandmother_Delancy''. Under its plan du_Pont would retain its General_Motors shares but be required to pass_on to its stockholders the right_to_vote those shares. The navy captain disclosed also that a list of questions found in Miss Gee 's purse would, if completed and handed back, have given the Kremlin a complete picture`` of our current anti-submarine effort and would have shown what we are doing in research and development for the future''. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Pass the iron rations, please, and light another candle, for it 's getting dark down here and we 're minded to read a_bit of world law just to pass the time away. And Harry_Dexter_White, implicated in F._B._I. reports in Communist associations, was one of the architects of the Morgenthau_Plan, which had it ever been put into full operation, would have simply handed Germany to Stalin. With Britain looking inward, overseas problems were neglected and the baton was passed_on to the United_States. He handed the guard 's rifle to Fiske. But there is nothing in the Act requiring the hearing_officer 's report to be likewise turned_over to the registrant. The bride 's brother, Walter_D._Monroe_Jr., will give her in marriage. It seemed, indeed, that their house was not so_much a home, but rather a perfect stage_set, and that they were actors who had been handed fat roles in a successful play, and had talent enough to fill the roles competently, with nice understatement. Dan_Beam presented music and the bride was given in marriage by her father. Then he turned the telephone over to Rourke, and went_into the bedroom to change his slippers for dry socks and shoes. Christiana and Delaware would, in_turn, be required to pass_on the voting_rights to the General_Motors shares allocable to them to their own stockholders. They went shopping in the neighborhood, and bought two loaves_of_bread with the ration coupons they had been given in Blois, and some cheese, and a dozen eggs, and a bag of oranges from a peddler in the Place_Redoute- the first oranges they had seen since they landed. When he was bent over behind the wheel of the station_wagon, feeling in his trouser_cuffs for the ignition_key which he had dropped a moment before, she came_out of the house with an enormous Rumanian shawl over her head, which she had bought in that country during one of their trips abroad, and handed him a clean handkerchief through the window. But to as_many as received him he gave the power of becoming sons of God; to those who believe_in his name: Who were_born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Noting that President_Kennedy has handed the Defense_Department the major responsibility for the nation 's civil_defense program, Mr._Hawksley said the federal_government would pay half the salary of a full-time local director. The Georgia_Constitution gives the Legislature the power to exempt colleges from property taxation if, among other criteria,`` all endowments to institutions established for white people shall be limited to white people, and all endowments to institutions established for colored people shall be limited to colored people''. First thing I knew he was in the kitchenette cooking_up the breakfast and I was handing Eileen her coffee-cup and she was lying there handsome as a queen among her courtiers.