great deeds

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatanddeed

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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deed
noun[C]
uk
/diːd/us
/diːd/
an intentional act, especially a very bad or very ...
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(Definition ofgreatanddeedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has as background great deeds done and tremendous blunders obviously committed.
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It has shown itself capable of great deeds for the common good.
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It contains men who have done great deeds for their country, both at home and abroad.
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I myself felt on that occasion that pioneers and many now doing these great deeds of heroism were there together in a common service.
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Sacrifices were made, and great deeds done, beyond the expectation of ourselves or our enemies.
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Then there is the question of the mercantile marine, who undoubtedly have performed great deeds of valour, and have suffered very much indeed.
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It has been the scene of great deeds.
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We can point over centuries of time to great acts, great deeds, great thoughts and great advantages.
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Moriath, hearing of his great deeds, falls in love with him from a distance.
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He writes of himself as a protagonist who does great deeds of honor to married noblewomen, following the conventions of chaste courtly love.
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Literary sources, particularly romantic poems, indicate that women were seen as passive subjects for love and inspiration for the great deeds of knights.
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Gaelan is famous for his great deeds in history.
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Hither will come our countrymen in hours of depression, and even of failure, and take new courage from this shrine of great deeds.
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Here he reveals that he has (by his own desire) no lady-love or paramour in whose name to do great deeds.
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Rather, the most ennobling love is generally secret and extremely difficult to obtain, serving as a means for inspiring men to great deeds.
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It was prophesied that his great deeds would give him everlasting fame, but that his life would be a short one.
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The two talk, and she asks him of his great deeds.
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And in times of need returning that strength and perform great deeds.
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She believes all that she reads instead of putting her mind to listing all the great deeds women have accomplished.
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