The sheep were caught and plucked, because shears had not yet been invented to cut the wool from the sheep's back.

He has won six World Cup slaloms.

Some terrestrial forms are semiburrowing, whereas others are arboreal (tree dwelling).

He held his eye there as much as a minute; then he raised up and sighed, and says, ‘Consound it, I don't seem to understand this thing, no way; however, I'll tackle her again.’