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1  Ambrosch was considered the important person in the family.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIII
2  The grown-up daughter, Frances, was a very important person in our world.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: II
3  Soon grandfather returned, bringing with him Anton Jelinek, and that important person, the coroner.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XV
4  Jelinek kept rye bread on hand and smoked fish and strong imported cheeses to please the foreign palate.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XII
5  Mrs. Shimerda grumbled, but realized it was important that one member of the family should learn English.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IV
6  It was a matter of the utmost importance to him never to be seen in his blue trousers away from his train.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: II
7  DURING THE WEEK before Christmas, Jake was the most important person of our household, for he was to go to town and do all our Christmas shopping.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XI
8  Lena spoke encouragingly to him, and he went off with such an important professional air that we fell to laughing as soon as we had shut the door.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV
9  Mrs. Vanni received them at the entrance, always dressed in lavender with a great deal of black lace, her important watch-chain lying on her bosom.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VIII