Pronunciation of the English word stead.
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1. | If you can't come, send someone in your stead. | |
2. | My anorak, such as it was, stood me in good stead. | |
3. | The president did not come, but sent the vice-president in his stead. | |
4. | Tom's systematic problem-solving skills stood him in good stead for promotion to branch manager. | |
5. | A sense of humour will stand you in good stead in difficult times. | |
6. | "No, no, madam," cried the poor chief cook, all in tears; "you shall not die, and you shall see your children again at once. But then you must go home with me to my lodgings, where I have concealed them, and I will deceive the Queen once more, by giving her a young hind in your stead." | |
7. | He who dethrones the idea of law, bids chaos welcome in its stead. | |
8. | All looked up, and those who knew the usual state of the apartment observed, with surprise, that the picture of Sir William Ashton's father was removed from its place, and in its stead that of old Sir Malise Ravenswood seemed to frown wrath and vengeance upon the party assembled below. | |
9. | He shall speak in thy stead to the people, and shall be thy mouth: but thou shalt be to him in those things that pertain to God. |