Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	ask_v	know_v	tell_v	1,111	5	4.7163	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59974	Andromana, or, The merchants wife the scæne Iberia / by J. S.	J. S.; Shirley, James, 1596-1666.; Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586. Arcadia.	1660 (1660)	Wing S3459; ESTC R4872	35,568	65

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