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around your mind, but there is a certain moment when you can pick up a very strong pair of scissors and literally cut the connection. When I did this, I felt a huge burden fall from my shoulders and I was reminded of one of my grandmother’s favorite sayings” ‘never be a doormat...
The Colbys might have been cancelled, but Fallon returned to its parent show Dynasty (and planet Earth) where she had nightmares about being abducted by aliens for a few episodes before the storyline was quietly dropped save for Sammy Jo (Heather Locklear) making the odd barbed comment. Dallas...
An object, person or endeavor in a state of failure … more ▼ Noun ▲ A person who loses a contest or competition “Being theloserof the hard-fought contest was a bitter pill to swallow for Sammy.” Noun ▲ A person who is considered a failure or nonachiever ...
12、one large eye on the top, several arms and hands, and long narrow pads on the side for moving about. New York Times, 1966. KEYS By the mid-1980s no one will ever need to hide a key any be wont because doormat under the again, there keys. Computer scientist Christopher Evans, ...
aThe writer left the key under the doormat for 作家留下钥匙在擦鞋垫之下为[translate] aIn contrast, few investigations have addressed TBI 相反,少量调查演讲了TBI[translate] a这段日子的生活将会是我永远值得珍藏的回忆。 This section of day life could be I forever is worth the collection the recolle...
47、露;失去give away分发;赠送;泄露;失去m圭句 it was a marvel that the floor never gave way.奇迹是地板居然从未塌陷。练透单句语法填空 i'd like to give away all i have to get back my happy childhood. if you always give in to others, you will end up feeling like a doormat. if plast...
Step outside and you could break a leg slipping on your doormat. Light up the stove and you could burn down the house. Luckily, if the doormat or stove failed to warn of coming disaster, a successful lawsuit might compensate you for your troubles. Orso the thinking has gone since the ...
Charles Dickens is said to have first used the words “butterfingers” and “doormat”, and Dr. Seuss reportedly came up with “nerd”. But despite contributions from famous writers, historians say another group has an even greater impact on the development of language: teenage girls. Women ...
A coppery millipede was disentangling itself from the fluffy edge of the doormat, and she shivered. There had been a small brown scorpion on her back patio the other day, and a snake on the gate. “Loneliness is the least of my problems!” she muttered to herself in reply to the ...