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"text": "[W]hen fishing for Eels with a ledger line as well as a floated line, don't be in too much haste to strike when you see a bite, for Eels generally gorge the bait, and consequently hook themselves, if you give them time, […] I always use two hooks on my ledger, placing the top one about two feet above the bottom, and to prevent it from moving from its proper place, fix a shot above it and below it, […]",
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"(music) A musical notation to inscribe notes outside the lines and spaces of the regular musical staves; a line slightly longer than the note is drawn parallel to the staff, above or below, spaced at the same distances as the notes within the staff."
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"sense": "notation to inscribe notes outside the musical staffs",
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"sense": "notation to inscribe notes outside the musical staffs",
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"word": "βοηθητική γραμμή"
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"word": "taglio addizionale"
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"sense": "notation to inscribe notes outside the musical staffs",
"word": "garisan lejar"
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"word": "hjelpelinje"
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