Humbug; nonsensical or evasive talk. Velvet A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back, or with other soft fibers such as nylon, acetate, or rayon. Flannel Insincere flattery or praise. Velvet The ...
66. take at one's word See word17 67. take care to pay attention; be heedful 68. take care of to assume responsibility for; look after 69. take chances take a chance to behave in a risky manner 70. take five informal chiefly US and Canadian to take a break of five minutes 71. ...
aE: Too cold to write. Humbug! If you were working harder, you wouldn't be cold. Just put on your overcoat. If I hear another word from you, you will go where it is really cold.[translate] a,也照耀着乞丐;既照耀着老人,也照耀着孩子[translate] ...
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I seem to fall into this weird noman’s land when I watch a Darin Morgan episode. Either I adore it at first watch as I did with my eternal favorites “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose” (3×4) and “Humbug” (2×20), or I’m not at all sure how I feel about it other than ...
Find more on the power of that little word, and, here. I gave myself a day to sulk, and then I tried to look at my work with clients from a different perspective. It is true that many of my clients, especially the children and adolescents, are downward-spiraling, AND it is true ...
To those claims I say BAH HUMBUG!! My first year in recruiting was spent working for an agency placing mostly contract labor with some direct hire placements. Back then we called them perm placements but over the years we have had to drop the word “perm or permanent” because someone migh...
\n\n Strange but true\n\n\n\n . Speaking of Ebenezer Scrooge, there's a species of snail named the\n\n\n Ba humbugi\n\n\n . Not to mention a water beetle named\n\n Ytu brutus\n\n , a fly named\n\n Pieza pi\n\n , and, of course, the\n\n spider.\n ...
Baa Humbugat23:52 PM on 29 June, 2010 Some commenters here are posing the question "would we see a hot spot if the warming was caused by solar output". I'm happy to let theIPCCAR4answer that. From the FAQ’s document, page 120-121.. Models and observations also both show warming...