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    penned

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    v.t.Transitive VerbTo put animals, people in a fenced or closed area
    They penned the cows in the building when it rained
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo write (a song, love letter, etc.)
    He penned a love letter to me and mailed it yesterday

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    Edinburgh City Video Guide | Expedia

    06:31Edinburgh City Video Guide | Expedia
    • In Princes Street Gardens rises the world's largest monument to a writer, dedicated to Sir Walter Scott, who penned epics such as Ivanhoe and Rob Roy.

      In Princes Street Gardens rises the world's largest monument to a writer, dedicated to Sir Walter Scott, who penned epics such as Ivanhoe and Rob Roy.

    • who penned epics such as Ivanhoe and Rob Roy.

      who penned epics such as Ivanhoe and Rob Roy.

    B2

    The Fall of The Simpsons: How it Happened

    31:08The Fall of The Simpsons: How it Happened
    • With all due respect to the person who penned this line, does this really feel like a joke that went through 30 or 40 drafts like "Simpsons of Old"?

      With all due respect to the person who penned this line, does this really feel like a joke that went through 30 or 40 drafts like "Simpsons of Old"?

    • With all due respect to the person who penned this line, does this really feel like a joke that went through 30 or 40 drafts like Simpsons of old?

      With all due respect to the person who penned this line, does this really feel like a joke that went through 30 or 40 drafts like Simpsons of old?

    B1

    Top 10 Rob Reiner Movies And TV Shows

    12:48Top 10 Rob Reiner Movies And TV Shows
    • but it still resonated enough with audiences to get the term "bucket list," originally penned by the movie's writer Justin Zakham, universally known and used.

      but it still resonated enough with audiences to get the term "bucket list," originally penned by the movie's writer Justin Zakham, universally known and used.

    • Originally penned by the movie's writer, Justin Zakam, universally known and used, we were supposed to make a list of all the things we wanted to do in our lives before we kicked the bucket.

      Originally penned by the movie's writer, Justin Zakam, universally known and used, we were supposed to make a list of all the things we wanted to do in our lives before we kicked the bucket.

    B1

    10 Real Places Connected to Infamous Serial Killers

    14:0010 Real Places Connected to Infamous Serial Killers
    • From that building, Berkowitz penned his infamous taunting letters to police and the press, claiming that a demon-possessed dog commanded him to kill.

      From that building, Berkowitz penned his infamous taunting letters to police and the press, claiming that a demon-possessed dog commanded him to kill.

    • From that building, Berkowitz penned his infamous taunting letters to police and the press claiming that a demon possessed dog commanded him to kill.

      From that building, Berkowitz penned his infamous taunting letters to police and the press claiming that a demon possessed dog commanded him to kill.

    B2

    20 Creepiest Discoveries Uncovered After Someone's Death

    22:3720 Creepiest Discoveries Uncovered After Someone's Death
    • Penned while he was in prison, the 120 days of Sodom details the story of a group of libertines acting out their most depraved desires.

      Penned while he was in prison, the 120 days of Sodom details the story of a group of libertines acting out their most depraved desires.

    • Penned while he was in prison, The One Hundred and Twenty Days of Sodom details the story of a group of libertines acting out their most depraved desires.

      Penned while he was in prison, The One Hundred and Twenty Days of Sodom details the story of a group of libertines acting out their most depraved desires.

    B2

    Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy

    09:28Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy
    • Boethius, who penned it in a few months in appalling circumstances in a prison in Pavia in 523 AD. Boethius was born into a highly successful and wealthy family in the years after the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West. From an early age, he took an interest in the classics and translated much of Plato and Aristotle's work from Latin into Greek.

      Boethius, who penned it in a few months in appalling circumstances in a prison in Pavia in 523 AD. Boethius was born into a highly successful and wealthy family in the years after the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West. From an early age, he took an interest in the classics and translated much of Plato and Aristotle's work from Latin into Greek.

    • academic Boethius, who penned it in a few months in appalling circumstances in a prison in Pavia in 523 A.D.

      academic Boethius, who penned it in a few months in appalling circumstances in a prison in Pavia in 523 A.D.

    B2

    Which European Countries are Most Pro-China?

    10:22Which European Countries are Most Pro-China?
    • and the state-run Global Times penned an editorial describing Lithuania as just a mouse or even a flea under the feet of a fighting elephant.

      and the state-run Global Times penned an editorial describing Lithuania as just a mouse or even a flea under the feet of a fighting elephant.

    • China's foreign ministry then accused Lithuania of anti-Semitism and children's rights abuses, and the state-run Global Times penned an editorial describing Lithuania as just a mouse or even a flea under the feet of a fighting elephant.

      China's foreign ministry then accused Lithuania of anti-Semitism and children's rights abuses, and the state-run Global Times penned an editorial describing Lithuania as just a mouse or even a flea under the feet of a fighting elephant.

    B1

    Practice Your English Pronunciation /f/ vs /p/ Sounds | Course #23

    13:35Practice Your English Pronunciation /f/ vs /p/ Sounds | Course #23
    • Let's go. face pace faced paste facts packs fad pad fail pale faint paint fair pair fang pang fart part fashion passion fast past fat pat fate pate fear peer feed peed feel peel feet peat felt pelt fen pen fence pence fend penned few pew fig pig file pile fill pill fin pin pinch pinch find pined fine pine firm perm first pursed fit pit fix picks flack plaque flank plank fleas please flight plight fled fled flea plea fleet pleat flop plop flume plume flunk plunk flush plush flux flux Excellent, guys.

      Let's go. face pace faced paste facts packs fad pad fail pale faint paint fair pair fang pang fart part fashion passion fast past fat pat fate pate fear peer feed peed feel peel feet peat felt pelt fen pen fence pence fend penned few pew fig pig file pile fill pill fin pin pinch pinch find pined fine pine firm perm first pursed fit pit fix picks flack plaque flank plank fleas please flight plight fled fled flea plea fleet pleat flop plop flume plume flunk plunk flush plush flux flux Excellent, guys.

    B2

    President Obama at Hampton University

    22:00President Obama at Hampton University
    • Years after he left office, decades after he penned the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson sat down a few hours' drive from here in Monticello and wrote a letter to a longtime legislator urging him to do more on education.

      Years after he left office, decades after he penned the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson sat down a few hours' drive from here in Monticello and wrote a letter to a longtime legislator urging him to do more on education.

    • Now, years after he left office, decades after he penned the

      Now, years after he left office, decades after he penned the

    B1

    Manchester Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia

    07:17Manchester Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia
    • Stand before the simple desk where Thomas Paine penned The Rights of Man, a book that helped ignite the revolutionary fires in America and France.

      Stand before the simple desk where Thomas Paine penned The Rights of Man, a book that helped ignite the revolutionary fires in America and France.

    • Stand before the simple desk where Thomas Paine penned The Rights of Man,

      Stand before the simple desk where Thomas Paine penned The Rights of Man,

    B1