Confused Words: broach vs brooch

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1. The other cities/towns are Bhor, , Kakori, Poona (Pune), Rayadurg, Sandila and Wer
2. As she said the words the flew open, and the Queen clutched wildly at it, and tried to clasp it again.
3. Irish-Scots art from the kingdom of Dál Riata is much more difficult to identify, but may include items like the Hunterston , which with other items like the Monymusk Reliquary, suggest that Dál Riata was one of the places, as a crossroads between cultures, where the Insular style developed.
4. After this encounter, she appears just once more to give Sailor Moon a new transformation and rod.
5. Heavy bands of astrakhan were slashed across the sleeves and fronts of his double-breasted coat, while the deep blue cloak which was thrown over his shoulders was lined with flame-coloured silk and secured at the neck with a which consisted of a single flaming beryl.
6. One unfortunate episode was his advice to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to decline the loan of the Anglo-Saxon Fuller , which he wrongly believed to be a modern fake; after his day it was bought by the British Museum.
7. The had come undone as she spoke, and a sudden gust of wind blew the Queen's shawl across a little brook.
8. The burning LST was abandoned at 18:24, and continuing explosions scattered the pontoons, causing nearby "LST-312" to , and prevented offloading of more LSTs.
9. They were dressed alike, but this sister wore her dress with a more youthful air than the other; and perhaps had a trifle more frill, or tucker, or , or bracelet, or some little thing of that kind, which made her look more lively.
10. The historic sites and objects in the townland include: two medieval ringforts, one of which has since been levelled; a medieval enclosure, since levelled; during the excavation of the Woodford canal in the 1840s, an 8th-century copper-alloy -pin was found called the Cormeen which is now in the Royal Irish Academy; also during the excavation of the Woodford canal in the 1840s, a Bronze Age socketed-axe was found 4 feet below the bed of the canal in Cormeen.
11. However, they did not always function correctly; when firing from periscope depth the boat could after firing or, if too much weight was taken on, plunge to the depths.
12. The Charnay Fibula is a mid-6th century fibula or which was discovered in Burgundy in 1857.
13. Although the earliest use as a national symbol can be traced to the seal of the Guardians of Scotland in 1286, material evidence for the Saltire being used as a flag, as opposed to appearing on another object such as a seal, or surcoat, dates from somewhat later.
14. And she caught at the ; but it was too late: the pin had slipped, and the Queen had pricked her finger.
15. A "fibula" (or ) would be used as ornamentation or to hold the stola in place.
16. 'When I fasten my shawl again,' the poor Queen groaned out: 'the will come undone directly.

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