Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	answer_v	great_a	time_n	806	5	3.2017	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39787	Two discourses concerning the affairs of Scotland, written in the year 1698	Fletcher, Andrew, 1655-1716.	1698 (1698)	Wing F1298; ESTC R6685	36,673	107

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