28 hurt/kill somebody [transitive] informal to attack, hurt, or kill someone The other gang members threatened to get him if he went to the police. I’ll get you for this!29 trick somebody [transitive] informal to deceive or trick someone I got you that time!
Many years ago,I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide. One very cold,wet night at about 3:30 a.m.,there was a41on the front door of our house.A young man,wet from42to toe,explained that he had43out of petrol about 30 km up the ...
In California during the 1960s and 70’s, members of the church left Christian Science in droves. The reasons for the exodus are murky. A speculation is, Californians tend to try liberal, innovative and far-out groups such as the Human Potential Movement, the Children of God, Scientology, ...
It was our last supper on the roof of this house we have lived in for the last year. A giant rental house with way too many antiques and monogrammed linens, but arguably the most stunning view in town. A house with an expansive rooftop where we sat with family members, and with new ...
Most Vietnam veterans were quite well adjusted, thank you very much; they were upright and successful members of their communities, but the whacked-out Vietnam veteran trope didn’t even begin to die until the TV show Magnum, PI made the hero of that series and his buddies all veterans. ...
Daniel, as God’s prophet in chapter 2, prophesied a Revised Roman Empire which has not existed for hundreds of years. Some countries likely to be part of this Empire are current members of the European Union. It is out of this Empire that a leader called the Anti-Christ will come. ...
and veg would be beneficial. Doing piecemeal bits of policy and support is useful but we had that already and it’s not enough.As Defra even notes, in its response to the current House of Lords Horticulture Inquiry, the huge range of challenges and how this needs collaborative policymaking....
His dedication paid off when at the age of 15, he was cast in the television series Firefly. This marked the beginning of his journey into the world of acting. Efron's breakthrough moment came when he was selected for the lead role in Disney's High School Musical, a role that ...
‘How Westminster works’, I.Dunt, 2023 with chapters on ‘ the vote, Members of Parliament, The Power (aka the PM), the Ministers, the Treasury, the Civil Service, the Press, the Commons, the Law, the Lords’. It offers really interesting insights on each of these categories plus (...
MattRidleyis a scientist (DPhilor PhD in zoology from Oxford), the author of several science books, a celebrated British journalist and aConservativehereditary peersince 2013, with a seat in the UK’sHouse of Lords. He has been called “a heretic on most counts”. ...