primed June 22, 2010
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on the point of or strongly disposed |
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” Also, with accomplished players like Deco and Ricardo Carvalho for company, the Portuguese look primed for Tuesday’s game. I will also a have keen eye on …” |
plenary June 17, 2010
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Full in all respects |
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” Daul will be in Dusseldorf on a “prior engagement” while Schulz will still be in Strasbourg where this week’s plenary session has taken place. …” |
pallet June 17, 2010
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The range of color characteristic of a particular artist, painting or school of art |
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“The culprit could be pallets, the wood or plastic containers that food is stacked on when it’s transported on trucks, ships and trains from the supplier to … ” |
palatial June 17, 2010
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Relating to or being a palace |
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” .. practically opposite City Hall Park — and got some remarkable pictures of the building’s cavernous, palatial interior and one-of-a-kind glass roof. ” |
palaver June 17, 2010
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Flattery intended to persuade |
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” Puff can be a bit of a palaver but like anything homemade, it’s worth the effort. Supermarket pastry works fine but look out for the superior offerings at …” |
ovine June 17, 2010
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Of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep |
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” Hence the council’s unanimous decision to allow an auto salvage business to employ ovine eating habits to control grass and weeds on its property. …” |
pachyderm June 17, 2010
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Any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: |
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“The pachyderm was munching on a tree as the Americans left their hotel, and it moved to the side of the road after about 4 minutes. … ” |
leery June 17, 2010
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Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide |
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” A senior Labour politician has quit his Holyrood committee role after being caught on microphone making leery comments about a woman. …” |
grok June 16, 2010
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Get the meaning of something |
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” So does the hierarchy grok the People of God? Do they have a sense of what the laity is thinking? Are they in tune with them? …” |
formication June 16, 2010
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Hallucinated sensation that insects or snakes are crawling over the skin; a common side-effect of extensive use of cocaine or amphetamines |
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” These range from depression, lack of motivation, sleeplessness, extreme paranoia, irritability, formication or “coke bugs” and acute toxic-psychosis. …” |