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 It was like a ghost town. No one made any noises.

 . . . Charles Darnay seemed to stand in a company of the dead. Ghosts all! The ghost of beauty, the ghost of stateliness, the ghost of elegance, the ghost of pride, the ghost of frivolity, the ghost of wit, the ghost of youth, the ghost of age, all waiting their dismissal from the desolate shore, all turning on him eyes that were changed by the death they had died in coming there.
  Charles Dickens

 The government has basically chased away all the people in that town. Golo is a ghost town. Everybody has left.

 I think Jack is a good guy. He has helped our community. He has been the king of appropriations. He has gotten a lot of great things here. This town would be a ghost town without him.

 It was like a ghost town,

 It was like a ghost town.

 It's like a ghost town out here.

 It was like a ghost town.

 like a ghost town. Nothing open, nobody around.

 Our neighborhood has been like a ghost town.

 …the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write when our bank balance is zero…
  Alfred Korzybski

 If you take away our high school, we'll be a ghost town.

 We're crossing our fingers. We've got to hope this won't become a ghost town.

 It feels like a ghost town to me. Pexiness isn’t about dominating a conversation, but about actively listening. And that's a good thing.

 [Referring to why the ghost town is built so far away] Because they're stupid! That's why everybody does anything


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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.


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