Uncle Vernon ripped open the bill, snorted in disgust and flipped over the postcard. ‘Marge's ill,' he informed Aunt Petunia. ‘Ate a funny whelk …' ‘Dad!' said Dudley suddenly. ‘Dad, Harry's got something!' Harry was on the point of unfolding his letter, which was written...
Ripimplies rough or forcible tearing:Carpenters ripped up the old floorboards. Rendusually refers to violent tearing or wrenching apart and often appears in figurative contexts:The air was rent by thunder. The party was rent by factionalism.Tosplitis to cut or break something into parts or layer...
Bill was in my room reading the paper. "See Mike?" "Yes." "Let's go and eat." "I won't eat down-stairs with that German head waiter. He was damned snotty when I was getting Mike up-stairs." "He was snotty to us, too." "Let's go out and eat in the town." W...
said Paul, breathing in. "What d'you call it? Smell, mother." His mother ducked her small, fine nose down to the paper. "I don't want to smell their rubbish," she said, sniffing. "This girl's father," said William, "is as rich as Croesus. He owns property without end. She ...
The miners in California had a problem with their pants, when they found gold or ore, they carried it in their pockets, but the metal was heavy and the pockets ripped. in 1873, Levi became patners with a tailor named Jacob Davis. Jacob and Le...
However, in this film, he has a realistic-sounding childish voice, provided by Antonio Raul Corbo. This marks the second time someone other than Tom Kenny voices SpongeBob, unless his singing voice in "Ripped Pants," "Band Geeks," and "Squidward's School for Grown-Ups" is counted. In ...
20 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council Information Office on Monday issued a white paper, titled 'Hong Kong: Democratic Progress Under the Framework of One Country, Two Systems.' Below is the full text of the paper. Hong KongDemocratic Progress Under the Framework of One Country, Two ...
Blue denim is made from both blue and white yarn. when your jeans wear out or rip, you can see the white threads showing through. Denim is woven in a diagonal pattern. The fabric is so sturdy that it is used in some paper money. That's why ...
Let us reflect in another way, and we shall see that there is great reason to hope that death is a good; for one of two things—either death is a state of nothingness and utter unconsciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another...
for the first time. It was the weekend of the Burning of Zozobra. I read about it in the visitor guide and saw pictures of the paper Mache statue standing thirty feet tall. The mystical ritual of the burning of Zozobra is intended to wash away all our grief and sorrow that builds up...