Tyapa returned bringing a vedro of water, and placing it by the teacher's head, he took his arm as if to raise him up.
"Creatures that once were Men" by Maxim Gorky
Not a man is there who could drink more than a vedro of 'blood-and-sweat' in a day.
"Through Russia" by Maxim Gorky
You ought to treat us to a vedro of vodka, eh?
"Foma Gordyeff" by Maxim Gorky
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Larger than Jones, was "a neighborhood bully who was a drug addict, an alcoholic," Jones' public defender George Vedros said.
"Willie's actions were of a frightened 17 year old," Vedros said Wednesday in opening statements.
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