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CTL-W-0341 · Work · 1990s

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California Law Review, 'Black English for Lawyers: A Primer' (scholarly law-review article with a Black English lexicon; fetched in full): in its translated example set, the Black English sentence 'I keep it one hundred from my head down to my toes' is rendered 'I act right/honestly in every way possible' — pairing 'act right' with honest, proper conduct, consistent with the stored gloss 'behave properly.'

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California Law Review, 'Black English for Lawyers: A Primer' (scholarly law-review article with a Black English lexicon; fetched in full): in its translated example set, the Black English sentence 'I keep it one hundred from my head down to my toes' is rendered 'I act right/honestly in every way possible' — pairing 'act right' with honest, proper conduct, consistent with the stored gloss 'behave properly.'

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California Law Review, 'Black English for Lawyers: A Primer' (scholarly law-review article with a Black English lexicon; fetched in full): in its translated example set, the Black English sentence 'I keep it one hundred from my head down to my toes' is rendered 'I act right/honestly in every way possible' — pairing 'act right' with honest, proper conduct, consistent with the stored gloss 'behave properly.'

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