But the moment word went round that a Protestant had been admitted, although in one case introduced by a member of the Committee, there was a hurried consultation between Father Marron and the Secretary (who, as already noted, is a teacher in the local National School), the result being th...
“Stop apologising for them. If you love them, so will I, and I’m not known for being overly sensitive to negative comments.” The girls were just as inquisitive as Maggie’s children had been, and rushed out into the front garden as soon as Al and Sarah had locked up the car. Em...
souvenirs and cigarettes and they seemed to be doing rather brisk trade – brisker trade indeed than the surface kiosks at the other end where the heavy rain was keeping people away as they rushed from the shelter of the underpass to the nearby shopping centre without looking left or right or...
Past tense for to proceed or turn out in a specified or successful way Verb ▲ Past tense for to move quickly sped speeded hurried raced rushed careered zoomed hastened flashed ran sprinted sprant tore teared dashed bolted galloped hurtled ...
But we were 23 and hopeful, so we waited. We waited just long enough to catch the driver from our travel agency frantically searching for us. We had, apparently, gone to the wrong place. He rushed us into his car and drove wildly along a freeway until he pulled up behind a tour bus...
Even if Hayes suspected the veracity of Mombidi’s word, he knew from firsthand experience that Studd and Buxton, at the very least, tolerated drunkenness among the natives: “Both these men sneered at me the first day I saw them for remarking at the sodden condition of the entire Mangb...
. But I know that the young lady is sly (Paul de Kock for ever under her pillow); I am certain she scurries off somewhere on the sly... I must confess the cook told me she comes here; I[107] rushed off like a madman as soon as I heard the news; I want to catch her. I ...
The cat raised a paw as if calling the boy over.The boy raced through the rain,picked up the cat,and rushed to an old house.Just then,lightning hit the tree where the boy had been standing moments before.The(2) Ccrashed to the ground. When the rain stopp...
完型填空 Sneaker is a kind of shoe worn by many people all over the world.Some say that the word “sneaker is another word for tennis shoe, 1 no one really knows where the word came from. 2 say it came from the old English verb “sneak , which 3 to mo
So tired as I was, I bothered myself to open up my cafe shop on the cold morning. With many consumers streaming in, I knew another long business day began. And I had to serve far into the night. As I rushed among the tables, suddenly, a asked if I coul