Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	bring_v	know_v	way_n	780	5	4.2493	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31737	The Character of love guided by inclination, instanced in two true histories / translated out of French.		1686 (1686)	Wing C2020; ESTC R32589	50,690	135

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