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Using Khieu

  • In the example corpus, khieu often appears in combinations such as: khieu samphan, and khieu, married khieu.

Context around Khieu

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

married 2× humiliated 1× prevent 1×

Often after:

samphan 10× ponnary 2× thirith 1×

Sentence patterns with Khieu

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

chea and khieu samphan were 2× announced that khieu samphan would 1× he married khieu ponnary on 1× khieu samphan considered 1× khieu samphan returned 1× lawyer for khieu samphan 2011 1× not prevent khieu from advocating 1× of state khieu samphan made 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

nuon chea and 2× he married khieu 1× however saddam s 1× in 1956 however 1× khieu samphan considered 1× khieu samphan returned 1×

Common sentence endings:

14 july 1956 1× and mass disappearances 1× as prime minister 1× by democratic kampuchea 1× forgive or forget 1× in south vietnam 1×

Words around Khieu

Just before it in the word index:

khiel 2 khidmat 3 khichdi 19 khiara 2 khiam 6 khiabani 2

Just after it in the word index:

khiladi 26 khilafat 8 khilani 2 khilari 2 khilji 9 khim 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Khieu

  • In this selection, "khieu" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, married, humiliated, prevent, samphan, ponnary and thirith stand out and add context to how "khieu" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include chea and khieu samphan were and announced that khieu samphan would. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "khieu" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with khieu

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

He married Khieu Ponnary on 14 July 1956. (8 words)

In 1956, however, Hou Yuon and Khieu Samphan helped to establish a new group, the Khmer Students Union. (18 words)

Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan were the first Khmer Rouge officials convicted of genocide and sentenced to life imprisonment. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

However, Saddam's family opted not to use Vergès. citation Jacques Vergès, international defence lawyer for Khieu Samphan (2011) In April 2008, former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan made his first appearance at Cambodia's genocide tribunal. (39 words)

On 14 April, after its first session, the PRA announced that Khieu Samphan would chair the State Presidium for a 5-year term. It also picked a 15-member cabinet headed by Pol Pot as prime minister. (37 words)

Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan were sentenced to life in prison, the same punishment they are already serving after earlier convictions at a previous trial for crimes against humanity connected with forced transfers and mass disappearances. (36 words)

Example sentences (12)

Pol Pot and Ieng Sary married Khieu Ponnary and Khieu Thirith (also known as Ieng Thirith ), purportedly relatives of Khieu Samphan.

However, Saddam's family opted not to use Vergès. citation Jacques Vergès, international defence lawyer for Khieu Samphan (2011) In April 2008, former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan made his first appearance at Cambodia's genocide tribunal.

Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan were sentenced to life in prison, the same punishment they are already serving after earlier convictions at a previous trial for crimes against humanity connected with forced transfers and mass disappearances.

Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan were the first Khmer Rouge officials convicted of genocide and sentenced to life imprisonment.

He married Khieu Ponnary on 14 July 1956.

In 1956, however, Hou Yuon and Khieu Samphan helped to establish a new group, the Khmer Students Union.

Khieu Samphan, considered "one of the most brilliant intellects of his generation", was born in 1931 and specialized in economics and politics during his time in Paris.

Khieu Samphan returned from Paris in 1959, taught as a member of the law faculty of the University of Phnom Penh, and started a left-wing, French-language publication, L'Observateur.

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On 14 April, after its first session, the PRA announced that Khieu Samphan would chair the State Presidium for a 5-year term. It also picked a 15-member cabinet headed by Pol Pot as prime minister.

The doctoral dissertations written by Hou Yuon and Khieu Samphan express basic themes that were later to become the cornerstones of the policy adopted by Democratic Kampuchea.

The following year, the government closed the paper, and Sihanouk's police publicly humiliated Khieu by beating, undressing and photographing him in public—as Shawcross notes, "not the sort of humiliation that men forgive or forget".

Yet the experience did not prevent Khieu from advocating cooperation with Sihanouk in order to promote a united front against United States activities in South Vietnam.

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Common combinations with khieu

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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