straw

olki

sirotella

suojata puhekieltä A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
puhekieltä Such dried stalks considered collectively.
puhekieltä A drinking straw.
A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.

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‘For thy sword and thy bow I care not a straw,

Nor all thine arrows to boot;

If I get a knop upon thy bare scop,

Thou canst as well shite as shoote.’

He also decided, which was more to his purpose, that Eleanor did not care a straw for him, and that very probably she did care a straw for his rival.

To be deeply interested in the accidents of our existence, to enjoy keenly the mixed texture of human experience, rather leads a man to disregard precautions, and risk his neck against a straw.

straw hat

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