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I brace myself for his negative reaction
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“I’ve got a nice brace of kalic, let’s shred some of that up
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words before you brace up to listen to this most interesting
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Okay, Zarko, brace yourself
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I'll just have to grit my teeth, brace myself and bear it
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She put a weak hand down on the bed to brace herself as Sebastian helped her drink
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knife and began to slash away, but hit a steel brace that had been placed around Seward’s neck following his accident, and this
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white colored brace things around their necks
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With a brace!”
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Wyll chimed in, “They do know about the brace, but according to Floppy, one would have to be specially built and quite expensive, too
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Putting a paddle down into the sand to brace himself, balancing carefully with his beer, with the doobie clenched between his lips; he eased up and out of the craft
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She was still wearing a neck brace, which had been put on by the paramedics at the time
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Then, about half way through the race, in addition to the weather and the landscape, I became painfully aware of a blister forming on my left heel under the brace
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that brace against the hull yesterday
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due to me for the quick action with caulk and brace
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Edgar had been there often enough to brace himself against the sensual onslaught, but he hadn’t prepared himself for what else he saw when his eyes grew accustomed to the gloom
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And the rejection for which you brace
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She reluctantly brought her legs up to brace herself properly
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He was in among the trees and shaking out a blanket with which to cover Elizabeth when he became aware that the two Russians were walking towards their car, each carrying a brace of flapping chickens
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I brace myself for his reaction
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Grabbing the leather brace on his
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He is about to hit the ground and closes his eyes to brace for impact
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Minutes later, he was wrapping the brace on her arm in plastic
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He was gratified to find that he could get a good grip on the armrests, and that the footboard was positioned against his soles so he could brace himself solidly with his feet and his shoulders
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stern like it did before, you might be yanked into the water before you had a chance to brace
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Here it is, brace yourself…
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We balance the beams and brace the walls, hoping it will stand
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Grandmudda put her arm round mine, to brace her steps
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Scarlett’s hand found a booth to brace herself
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Did you even care I was gone? Did you even look?” She shook her head, standing up to brace against the nightstand
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You brace yourself, power through with your legs and flip over onto her back, your ass slams into the ground
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The children hunched their shoulders, closed their eyes, and grabbed hands to brace one another, but no collision ensued
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My head hurt for a few moments, but then the pain subsided and I learned to sway with the motion of the vehicle instead of trying to brace myself against it
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SEVERE BRUISING THAT WAS NOW STARTING TO SUBSIDE 4HE BRACE FROM HIS SHOULDERS TO HIS
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I’m going to remove the cast in another week to put on a smaller, lighter one with a brace in it so he can transfer his weight off the heel and into the upper thigh
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She put out her hand to brace against the dashboard as they took Dead Man’s Curve and down the long hill into town
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She saw a Zingaran sailor, blinded by a great flap of scalp torn loose and hanging over his eyes, brace his straddling legs and drive his sword to the hilt in a black belly
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Well into the afternoon hours before anyone made an appearance and that was a brace of armed soldiers in Hunter’s green carrying bows, blades and pistols
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New York: Harcourt Brace
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While his dinner cooked, I caught a brace of the lizards feeding them to the birds
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Brace yourself, a revelation is about to be exposed
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The water was shallower allowing him to kneel and brace his body against the powerful undulations of his mud colored adversary; still he could not loose it
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Use this brace during the day after the Band-Aids are removed
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Hack used the cavern wall to brace himself as he sulks in disbelief
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She staggers and uses the opposite wall to brace herself from falling
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“Chip, please brace yourself and don"t lose it
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brace himself and he knew if he fell then the results would be a broken hip
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With her shoulder, she pushed Stacy again, and the girl fell over—some movement during the fall, perhaps more instinctual than conscious to brace herself
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brace these concepts is if we are able to achieve the Te, which are guiding virtues that we must have to able to embrace our path and achieve
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Then, he told me to brace myself for hell on
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must brace ourselves and see what happens
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We brace ourselves for the effort
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while I had his head down from my effective brace of his left arm
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and thy chariots shall now sound of brace and harness strap,
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The ground suddenly appeared out of the darkness and she just had enough time to brace herself before landing hard besides a sandbag bunker
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A few drop of spit and tobacco dripped down his chin, and he wiped them away with the cuff of his shirt, then placed his hands flat out on the counter as if to brace himself in this fortified position
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After maneuvering on a stiff leg brace from eleven months to seven years old, the decision was made to amputate her leg
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As Delmage now prepared to leave home he decided another whisky was in order to brace his composure
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per gallon gasoline is prohibitively expensive should brace themselves
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Around an hour later, Nadine and Deacon are sitting on the couch inside their living room as Deacon sits besides Nadine massaging Nadine’s shoulders with Nadine facing away from him, still wearing the bandage around her head and wearing the neck brace and dark shades as she holds and clutches her head and chest
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A week later, Nadine is sitting inside the front of the courtroom still wearing her dark shades, a bandage on her forehead, a neck brace and a hat as she and Deacon sit with her lawyer, a white male with light brown hair around his mid 30‘s
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fastening device and locked the head of his monster into the brace
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immediately slipped out of the brace and he tried once again
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Em was still leaning partially against it and had to quickly brace himself to keep from losing his balance
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because she had to brace herself on the railing of her porch just to keep from toppling over
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release their helmets and brace
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I strap an elastic band over my waist and align the overhead brace with my shoulders and chest
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Power spots or power trees are good places to do this, especially if you have faith in the power of the place or tree to brace your spirit
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would be a match for a brace of mercenaries, of course
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They screeched for help as the brace of feral clowns
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clinging on to life even with its eyes taken out and a brace of arrows in its
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A brace is placed around the poor guy’s neck
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They had just delivered a few brace of rabbits to Will, the butcher
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Arin would’ve come too, but he couldn’t run fast enough in a brace
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· Good core strength, but these muscles are always on to brace against lower back pain
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brace even though I knew in the back of my mind he could kill me with-
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“No, not really, first Eddie disappeared and next some lady comes on the overhead speaker screaming something real fast like, ‘we need a pilot, emergency, brace yourselves
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My free hand grabbed for the headboard, craving something to brace against as the heat mounted
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Once her ankle was securely strapped to the brace, Joel glanced up and around at the girls and his friends, and queried
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Her wrist, while not sprained, required a flexing hand brace, and ice packs to help ease the pain and tenderness she was experiencing in it
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She had Joel punch the numbers in for her, since she couldn’t do this easily herself because of the brace on her wrist
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The rest brace the rocking sides of the cargo from falling onto them all
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I had to wear a brace
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the wheel brace from the concrete and started to replace the wheels
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Tried to brace himself for the pain and then black oblivion
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In a second a voice came over an intercom and said, “Warning, the ship is under fire and has been hit, everyone brace for impact, now!”
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I try scolding; to brace you, but neither of you will be braced
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Clint reappeared in time to see Vinnie, still groggy, stagger to his knees and brace himself against the closest stack of boxes
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This new cord he wedged between an angle-iron brace and its neighboring track, and dropped the hot end on the car’s trap door
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Without further delay he clasped tightly to a second brace and started climbing down the wall of the shaft, his long legs and arms navigating from one brace to the next
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” I turn on the water full blast cold, toss my sleep shirt and panties in the hamper and brace for the shock of cold water against my flesh
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As he added one to another, I saw that they made a sectional brace and bit of his own design, a long, vicious-looking affair such as a burglar might have been glad to own
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The pure air and rapid motion of the motoring intended to revive and brace his little love were apparently reviving and bracing his little love's aunt as well, for lately he had been unable to avoid noticing a tendency on her part to assert herself
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She was ready to brace herself to talk about her if it was to be a serious talk, because she wanted to help and comfort him whenever the remembrance of her death arose to torment him, but she couldn't bear to hear her mentioned casually
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Before we lifted and secured the TV into place, we needed to mount a brace
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The brace we used came in
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In fact, the brace came with many different
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You wait until the ambulance boys have you braced up
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We pulled on our hoods and braced ourselves
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Vyinga was standing on the forward end of the bales right behind Konfar, feet braced wide on the slippery tarp
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With a physical urgency usually reserved for athletes and Special Forces troops, Miss Jones launched herself into a standing position, braced her legs upon the pavement and picked up her handbag in the most menacing way that she could manage
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She braced herself up against the washer
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bulkhead, she braced her legs
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I braced myself
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Clenching her teeth, she braced herself once more for the brute force sure to break upon her
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Before she even braced
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Obviously a show-biz elevator thought Ben as he crouched down and braced himself for the worst
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She ran outside and braced herself, clinging to a lamppost against the wind, holding onto Sarah with her other arm
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Tianon’s section, on the other hand, was quite well maintained, and the buildings there were large and often braced by stone
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Once all the knots were tied and checked, Chris and Fletcher moved a safe distance back from their respective edges and braced themselves
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Fletcher braced himself, ready to take the strain on the rope but there was no need
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He closed his eyes, braced himself and pulled it, quickly withdrawing his hand
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Psyche braced her hands on the edge of her desk, sitting shakily
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Ky dropped his goggles over his eyes, lifted the drill into position and braced himself against it
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He braced his elbows on the table and bowed his head onto his hands
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Danny's and hung off his arm, which was braced
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He braced himself
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they should be,” and with that said, he braced himself and was
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Jack braced himself
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All hatches should be open and all halyards let go, so that the sails may hang loosely and the yards counter braced
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Raven knew what was coming and braced himself
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He braced himself, afraid yet desperate to hear her answer
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Esther braced herself for the unknown and decided that being honest with Mrs
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cigar, and Hillenbrand braced himself, faking unconsciousness
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As William braced himself he was amazed how familiar this was becoming to him
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My body arched out over the stairs, and I braced for the impact of the hard stone—
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The airframe was covered in the finest Irish linen, and it was framed up with spruce spars, hickory and ash, braced with piano wire internally and braided aircraft cable externally
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Palming the door-pad, Elohat braced himself for the noise that would blast his ears when it opened
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The table was strongly braced with some light framing, to keep it from sagging under maps and coffee cups
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I was about to point out that I was only thirty-three and consequently, according to national averages, not even middle-aged yet, but my cautious instincts got the better of me, and I simply braced myself for the beating which was probably where this would soon end
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in the hull and then braced with a timber
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He raced to the open door and braced himself in the doorframe, as one rocket after another screamed and its reverberations pounded the air
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He clamped his jaws rigid and sat with his arms braced against the window frame, unwilling to shift his weight
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Amonas then braced Hilderich from under his armpits with both arms trying not to cause him any more pain, and dragged him over to the large trunk of a tree propping him up against it so he could breathe without fear of drowning in his own blood
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These were heavily braced for landings, but had no brakes
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Standing in the open airlock doorway, he braced his head against the top of the frame and held on with his left hand
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Had the regularity of their cries meant that this had been their usual lot, but the pain’s sudden return wiped any thoughts of others from her mind as she braced for another round
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The door to his reception hall slid open, and he braced himself for the mind control
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He had braced himself and he was determined to break down all of her defenses so all could be good again, or at least more real
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Tifa braced herself in the door
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She braced herself and
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She braced herself as the water rose to her waist
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She straightened again, took a deep breath, and braced herself for the blast of emotion she knew she’d feel again when she looked at him
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This sent Visinniria into fresh paroxysms of hilarity, while Falgaroth sat like a dog with his forelegs braced wide, so overcome with the unique huffing laughter of the unicorns that he once almost rolled over backward
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He braced himself above me with one arm and with the other he held my body close to him
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Moshe, knowing that he would get only one opportunity, braced himself as he came alongside and pulled sharply on the reins while making a desperate grab at the clawing arm
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Moshe and his crew held the barge tight against the bank with braced poles as a wooden
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She nodded, braced herself for his confusion and took the brunt of it, dark and wild and strange in her mind
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knowing that he would get only one opportunity, braced himself as he came alongside and
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We braced for impact, but nothing much happened
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And while we braced ourselves for hours in the jarring
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Josh braced himself as they
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threw her arms over her head and braced herself, letting out a
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Then I braced myself for the bolt to hit bottom
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Corvus braced himself against the door, but instead of the expected battering the bleeding warrior turned and started to limp towards Tress’s door
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Trask sneaked back into the house after they disappeared down the road, only to be braced by Charly
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She stood on her tiptoes, braced against our wall, her neck stretched and her mouth reaching for air
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Some on top of books, some standing propped by papers and others braced by little plate stands
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Zach’s howling grew louder and more agonised, and Edwin braced himself for the inevitable pain that was sure to follow
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braced his hands on the top of the cab, while he bent to give me a kiss
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She braced her hands
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He reached to touch her with his hand and braced himself on one elbow beside her
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Metal beams braced the wal s, but
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Nikole braced the night stand, staring at a statue Zayn had bought her for one birthday
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Both men braced themselves as they waited the response
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He braced himself for his first meeting with Bill Mason
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When the heat of their passion made them to shed their clothing, the force of attraction braced them back into embrace
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The Cimmerian grasped it with both hands, and with legs braced and the muscles standing out on his arms and back in straining knots, he heaved it above his head and cast it from him, exerting every ounce of nerve and sinew
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Swiftly the terrible strength of the anthropoid overcame the leverage of braced arm and knee
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Conan's wolves braced themselves for the inevitable concussion
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All the steersmen were down, pincushioned, and Tito was handling the massive sweep alone, gasping black curses, his braced legs knots of straining thews
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As the steel prow slashed into the Argus, he braced himself and kept his feet under the shock, casting away his bow
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As he impatiently scanned the grass for the reptile, the giant blacks braced their feet, grunted and heaved with their huge muscles coiling and straining under their ebon skin
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Conan stood near him, legs braced apart, thumbs hooked in his girdle, narrowly watching the assembled warriors
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His feet were braced on the rock, his calves straining as if in physical combat
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” He braced himself as they rounded a corner and came out on blacktop at 85 mph
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She braced herself as the truck skidded to a stop and slowly jackknifed across the lanes of traffic
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With a choking cry the black stumbled headlong, and Conan braced his feet and dragged out his sword as his victim fell
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Both men stood motionless as images, except for the expanding of their muscles on rigid arms and braced legs, but strength beyond common conception was warring there—strength that might have uprooted trees and crushed the skulls of bullocks
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But he grinned as he braced his powerful legs, and swung on the wheel in sheer exuberance of muscular might
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Valeria swore softly and tugged vainly, with her legs braced against the chair
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Beck braced himself as the violent shaking began again this time mixed with turbulence as the whether around Salisbury was cloudy and wet
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He braced his knotted legs like ebon columns and swung up the massive sword in both hands, his great black muscles rolling and cracking in the torchlight
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He was braced for the sight of anything, yet what he saw was what he had least expected
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The Nemedian croaked in triumph and sprang forward, lifting his great sword with both hands over his right shoulder, as he braced his legs wide for the stroke—and then, over the prostrate king, something huge and hairy shot like a thunderbolt full on the soldier's breast, and his yelp of triumph changed to a shriek of death
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Reeling momentarily on braced legs, his fists clenched wrathfully, he glared at the figures clustered about him
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He braced himself to tell the men, but before he could
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‖ The hair on the protective pup stuck out like a halloween cat and his knobby little bowlegs were braced like baby corner posts
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the bamboo cylinders and braced for the onslaught was amazed at this fulminate response
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I could smell them, knew the way they moved, braced myself even though they were still across the room and acting as casual as a shifter can
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I felt that Aspen braced herself
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He braced himself to
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I then took ten deep breaths and braced myself
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I braced myself for many more rejections
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“I know what you need,” he said, “Belt, braces and bailing
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Doesn't seem five minutes since you were all buck teeth and braces
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I still remember he wore braces back then
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“This, as you might guess, is the master key that opens all the locked neck braces at once
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I then started putting all new braces back on and welding them the way they were supposed to be
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He wore braces instead of a belt and his shirt was always sloppily half-tucked into his pants in a very annoying fashion
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She picked at her bottom lip, her braces dark against white teeth
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I had graduated to the use of a cane (plus the leg braces) instead of the walker, but it was very precarious balancing on the stool before I had to jump up on the table
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As I was still in leg braces and using a cane, I decided to enter through the sheriff’s entrance rather than the main door for less hassle
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I wanted to get beyond the leg braces, the fatigue, and the hair loss
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I didn’t remove the braces at the doctor’s office, because I wanted to be home for my first steps
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It was a precious and private moment when I discarded the braces and experienced a new freedom that most people said would never happen
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The braces were off, and for the first time in months, I could bend my feet and ankles
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Walking without leg braces also meant I could start wearing normal shoes instead of large clunky ones that fit over braces and big cotton socks
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Elior’s face twisted in pain as he suddenly grabbed hold of one of the braces that held the cover of the carriage and tried to stand up
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Jeanine braces herself against the desk, spluttering and gasping
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At the top of the stairs Shauna gets out of the chair and works her way down the steps with the braces, one at a time
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Shauna walks with her braces, Zeke pushing the empty wheelchair, and exchanges small talk with Amar
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statements enclosing the curly braces are known as function body
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Right after these parentheses we can find the body of the main function enclosed in braces ({})
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contained within these braces is what the function does when it is executed
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The scope of local variables is limited to the block enclosed in braces ({}) where they are declared
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from his braces and tossed it into the basket, accepting the flower
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costume clung to his figure, taut over the braces and belt of his
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his Ice Materia from the pouch of his utility braces, hurriedly
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Over the next week Hamish worked very hard and the day came when Jock came in and said that today was the day he was going to be fitted for leg braces, and once he had them they would start him on the walking bars, the sooner the better Hamish said
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Over time, the legs and braces of the
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braces apologised (as they always do) for the cold gel
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braces may affect the sensation
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) She had cute blond pigtails, a mouthful of braces, and was possibly
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They were immensely strong so we attached braces front and rear and dragged them up until they fitted like a second skin; deep into bum cracks, splitting balls and squashing cocks against our bellies
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She braces for the storm she knows
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His final thought, as the aged man addressed him, was that if he still knew him around Christmas time he would get him some braces as a gift
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IN BANDAGES AND PREVENTED FROM MOVING BY A SERIES OF BRACES THAT HELD HIS BROKEN BONES
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STILL LYING IN THE BED SUPPORTED BY THE VARIETY OF BRACES HOLDING HIM MOTIONLESS (IS HAIR
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GUESS WHY HE HAS ALL THOSE BRACES ON HIM AND IF HES ALSO HAVING SCANS THAT COULD BE A REALLY
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SUPPORTED BY BRACES IN HIS HOSPITAL BED
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She has braces, partially there to correct a jarring over bight, and partially there to correct several spaces in her teeth
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Then, too, she watched as her braces came off and her teeth were straightened
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They reeled about like drunken men, fumbling mechanically at ropes and braces
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Once the guy has his glass ball all set then he gets a mate who is willing to play the doctor and then the guy whacks his shlong out on the table and braces for the pain
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After asking several party-animals for directions one of them, a young red-headed woman wearing braces crouched down and then gently hoisted me to her chest
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Even my braces are organic
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She whacked Joey in the head with a fist and said, “Leave my braces out of this!”
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He thinking about aliens, superpowers, having a giant robotic-suit, candy, getting taller, and the only way Lezura will get a man, is if she loses the braces
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“And I suppose you did a better job when you met him—showing off those ugly braces like they’re accessories?”
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Back on Earth he was never the type to be asked out by girls, even the ones with acne, braces and huge glasses or the chubby ones
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Farah complied readily enough, going to one alcove and making it lean forward against the support braces of the alcove
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Inside the heavy black car, Pandora Driver stares into six headlights and braces herself
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The mech braces itself and reaches out
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She braces her mecha
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The braces of his spectacles push into his nose so hard that they indent his skin
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The intermission braces inclusively towards himself
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Amy says, “This is good,” and the cab stops so fast that Loki braces his hands on the front seat
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Cass braces his hands on the railing waiting for Unks to respond
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I apologize for the restrictive braces
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Then, dangling perilously by the angle-iron braces, he crossed back over to where the first car had reappeared
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Mitch felt the vibrations of the tracks and braces
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Lord Wesley slips into the seat next to him with a sheepish grin, and Eugene braces himself for the great stretch of monotony and awkwardness spread out ahead of him
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Wesley considers this, then braces himself and takes a deep, cringing drink
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The next page reveals a picture of Shelby as a young girl—a teenager with bad acne and braces
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These included three 16 pound stone sledges, several Cleveland model tackle blocks with long lengths of stout rope, three Disston's type cross cut saws for two man tree cutting, four stone picks of seven pounds each, two toothed stone mason's hammers of ten pounds each, six pointed quarry picks, various steel wedges, a large stone cutter's saw called a Frig Bob, a smaller starting saw called a Razzor, a triangular file to sharpen saw teeth, two drill braces, a pedal operated grinding stone of 60 pounds for sharpening of the other tools, and an assortment of small hand tools
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The boys would use the augers, braces and bits that Olin had previously purchased from Henry Macnock's general store to make the holes in the wood pieces to accept the bolts and nuts
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The tools of Rombalski's trade included drill braces for turning of the steel cylindrical bits that were tipped with black diamonds
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Jase had a cashew nut caught in his braces and I was trying to pick it out
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With their three pieces suits and fancy braces, they seemed more in tune with a Rome or Paris catwalk than a hospital ward
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Sarah could see a man in a hideous pink shirt and stripy braces shining a torch into her eyes, but she could see nothing of its beam
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“I had my braces taken off last month
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It was true, for some reason Kala hadn’t needed braces but my teeth had overlapped in the front so bad, I had to have them
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Willie braces for a crash into the painted rocks just as the
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But when you do it, it braces you up mentally
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Gather anything you might need before you go home – prescriptions, braces, etc
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5 million in the Adelaide account, he felt covered by belt, braces and stretch-sides
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Would the American public today ever vote into presidential office a paraplegic President who could not even stand up or walk without metal braces and crutches? Would the American Media today ever hide the fact of his crippling disease from the entire damn Nation? 1930’s American propaganda machine was different from today
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One reason why so many people need braces later on, is simply because they never ate natural unprocessed food as infants
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heard a creak from the wooden braces, but he wasn't sure
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more creaky wooden braces
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In his reflection, he saw a piece of wire had come loose from his braces
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But then he recalled that he hadn’t worn braces in years, which led him to deduce he must be dreaming
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When he pulled the wire out, the braces unraveled and fell from his mouth in large chunks of metal
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Bending, standing, astride the beams, driving in pins, holding on by posts and braces,
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On many a night I have hauled at the braces under the shadow of that coast, envying, as sailors will, the people on shore sleeping quietly in their beds within sound of the sea
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Pen in your ear!" And one day he said to the lad: "Why don't you hold your shoulders straighter? Come down here," when he took him into the glass office and fitted him with special braces for keeping the shoulders square
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My second hull, the outer cover, includes a keel fifty centimeters high by twenty–five wide, which by itself weighs 62 metric tons; this hull, the engine, the ballast, the various accessories and accommodations, plus the bulkheads and interior braces, have a combined weight of 961
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Wopsle if he had been in despair, I was so sorry for him as it was, that I took the opportunity of his turning round to have his braces put on,—which jostled us out at the doorway,—to ask Herbert what he thought of having him home to supper? Herbert said he thought it would be kind to do so; therefore I invited him, and he went to Barnard's with us, wrapped up to the eyes, and we did our best for him, and he sat until two o'clock in the morning, reviewing his success and developing his plans
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Leaving the door ajar, amid the stench of mouldy limewash and stale cobwebs he undid his braces
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Each pier consisted of four oak beams in a cluster, held together by plank braces
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A man in purple shirt and grey trousers, brownsocked, passes with an ape's gait, his bald head and goatee beard upheld, hugging a full waterjugjar, his twotailed black braces dangling at heels
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He had noticed, on Monday, that the massive oak beams stretching from one piling to another across the length of the bridge were showing cracks on the upstream side; and that the beams had been strengthened with iron braces nailed across the cracks
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She braces one of the cans between her thighs, holds the point of the knife against its lid, and raises the brick to tap down on the knife handle
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The iron braces I have installed have not been sufficient to prevent the cracks
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Finally, he would remove Elfric ’s ugly iron braces and fill the cracks with mortar
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For want of something better to do I put out my strength on that door, getting some purchase on the handle by looping my braces round it
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One of his braces had slipped off his shoulder
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A coat and waistcoat were lying on the floor, and from a hook behind the door, with his own braces round his neck, was hanging the managing director of the Franco-Midland Hardware Company
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Discipline reasserted itself, order grew out of chaos, and men ran to the braces while the galleon’s fourth lieutenant gathered his helmsmen
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” He found he liked the work—liked these girls with their first names that might have been last names, their braces and bony knees, the chewing gum that couldn’t quite cover the smell of illicit tobacco
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It is easy and bracing and is a vital first blow in our battle against bad posture
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You may feel you are too sleepy to do them then but you will find that some of the asanas are very bracing owing to their stimulating effect on the nervous system and soon give you a wide-awake feeling
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So, starting with one of those bracing exercises, here is a ten-minute practice schedule which is not beyond the means of anyone
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Tom found that he was bracing himself to ameliorate the effects
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Where I had the bracing underneath the poker table was thick 1 inch plywood
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his friend the reins of his beloved donkey, bracing himself
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She planted one foot in the snow, bracing for the cat to lunge
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Penelope did the same, bracing as her eyes darted around the large room
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He was invigorated by the air and the bracing wind and the sight of the vanishing ball of the sun which was turning the sky a rich shade of orange
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His knees hit the seabed and he stood, bracing himself against the incoming waves breaking against his back, feeling the exhilaration flood through his body
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Outside, the night air was cold and bracing, and in the black vault of
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William was bracing himself for a rebuttal from Clarence
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I pushed back against my chair without meaning to, my feet bracing against the ground
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I returned the photo and rolled out of bed with a groan, bracing myself for the difficulty of standing and facing another day
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I could see the last few men and women gathered around me and Falconi, bracing themselves for a last stroke, a last defiant kill, their faces grim but flushed red from the heat of the battle
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Sitting beside the Russian in the jeep’s front seat, Colling held onto the windshield with his right hand while bracing himself with his left hand against the dashboard
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She had forgotten how bracing and stimulating he could be
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Bracing his hands on either side of the cracked porcelain sink,
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Bracing his arms on either side of the porthole, Cloud inhaled
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Busy bracing for war,
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Far below him Joshua still stood, bracing himself with that magnificent old standard
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purpose of collectively bracing ourselves, either; there was
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General Nail spurred his horse, moving himself behind the men bracing for the enemy
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Bracing for their next action as best his weakened body could
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When the sun shone it was delightful; when cold, bracing; when wet, horrible
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Tristan’s eyes are worried, and I realize suddenly that my head is in his lap and his hands are bracing either side of my face
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” Maurice sat, bracing himself
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She lifted his head up, then rocked her rear slowly, bracing herself
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The hillmen held the ridges, and the mercenaries, gripping their dipping pikes, bracing their feet in the bloody earth, held the Pass
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Bracing their feet in the wallowing sea of blood whose crimson waves lapped about their ankles, the pikemen in the Pass mouth drove forward, crushing strongly against the milling ranks before them
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Tito sprang to take his place, and Conan, bracing his feet wide on the heaving poop-deck, lifted his bow
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Conan hurled the flopping corpse to the floor, turned to the sword again and gripped the hilt with both hands, bracing his feet against the floor
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If you don’t have a tripod, you can still take quality photos by bracing yourself while shooting
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In February, when the sixteen sons of Colonel Aureli-ano Buendía returned, still marked with the cross of ashes, Aureliano Triste spoke to them about Rebeca in the tumult of the celebration and in half a day they restored the appearance of the house, changing doors and windows, painting the front with gay colors, bracing walls and pouring fresh cement on the floor, but they could not get any authorization to continue the work inside
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centimetres, then a stop while Gupta adjusted his bracing
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seconds to reduce the bracing to rubble and Jo to lead the
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After bracing ourselves, we
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� Bracing herself mentally and physically, Nancy hoped that the sentry would not be a sharp one
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Bracing herself against the beam, Nancy concentrated for a few seconds, then tensed her muscles
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By paying out the rope this way and bracing his body against the solid rock, he should maintain control
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It was then that Max knew they would not make it; he could only sit there bracing himself, as he watched the inevitable
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Bracing themselves against the surge of acceleration, everyone near the monitors could see a decrease in the approach speed of the mass, but it was still closing on them
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‘We’re going to be in Ilfracombe, Devon in three hours’ explains Watkin to the kids as they enjoy the bracing sea air and enjoy wandering around the paddle steamer, looking at its enormous wooden paddle on each side of the boat and the onboard, coal fired steam engines, sending out hisses and snorts as it works
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bracing of three tiers of compartments
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“8 months” he replied bracing himself for the next question
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I stand tall, even angling out a bit over the abyss, bracing against the
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Despite bracing herself in advance, Ingrid felt tears coming to her eyes nearly as soon as she entered the lit garage with Tucker and Bateman: over half of the bodies lined side by side on the concrete floor were of Air Force personnel
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Kitara took her station at tactical, bracing herself for the jump which would give 129
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Bracing himself, Mark was pulled up short by the offer of a length of dirty, clear plastic tubing
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The reason for this is that those who are inebriated flow with the accident, where the non inebriated people tensed their muscles, bracing for impact, and compounded their injuries
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Thalymum sat back on the desk and put his hands on the table, as if bracing
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Even in the valley, the mountain air was cooling, even bracing, and washing and splashing in the river stimulating
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“I wasn’t sure where we were going to be housed but I was bracing myself for the worst
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Bracing ourselves, we caught up with the others, who, despite Ackerly’s advice, hadn’t separated
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Bracing yourself for the unknown you initiate the holy sign the Son of God died on, miming the path of a cross
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Nevertheless, settling in the urban settings, they, as McCauley’s chelas (what a fall for the Hindu gurus of yore), began bracing themselves to take up the clerical spaces that were up for grabs in Bharat’s administrative corridors
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‘What?’ My eyes narrowed with caution, bracing for the torrent of grief she would send my way
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With a bracing breath, she stepped out of the alley and walked toward the entrance to the
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” She leaned in, bracing herself on Cam’s shoulder as she tried to tuck one foot beneath her on the seat
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With a bracing breath, Norah squared her shoulders and stepped back to face the music with all the gravity and enthusiasm of meeting a firing squad
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He gritted his teeth, bracing for the impact
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With a bracing breath, she took the leap
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” Bracing her hands on his shoulders, she leapt, wrapping her legs around his waist and fusing her mouth to his
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and then her foot is on the gas pedal, behind her Beatrice is screaming, and next to her the man who still might be crazy is bracing his hands on the dash
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Inwardly bracing herself for whatever he was about to tell her, Kathy balled her hands so tightly into fists the whites of her knuckles showed, as she waited for the proverbial axe to fall
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Bracing herself, inwardly, for whatever was to come, Kathy bravely asked Nick what they’d uncovered…
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He carefully rose and turned to sit while bracing the hinged piece from clanging back down, and once he’d lowered it carefully back into place he squatted, breathing hard, peering all around the dimly lit surroundings
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Bracing her arms on the railing, she watches the last of the night's starry horizon turn slowly indigo blue
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” Mike heaved himself through a narrow opening in the leafy ferns and bent over, bracing his hands on his knees as he fought to catch his breath
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Barnes was unable at the moment to induce herself to be frank, and she returned to the subject she has already treated very fully since her arrival, the wonderful bracing air up here and her great and grateful appreciation of it
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“Josh? Are you okay?” Kait said, bracing me against the wall of the elevator
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The April baby was a weak little creature in her first years, and the doctor ordered as specially bracing a seaside resort frequented solely by the middle classes, and there for three succeeding years I took her; and while she rolled on the sands and grew brown and lusty, I was dull, and fell to watching the other tourists
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I drew a sharp breath and held it, bracing myself for the worst
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In spite of the heat I felt as if it were the most bracing air I had yet come across on my journey
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What poor children want, poor frail children, so infinitely apt to fall, so infinitely clumsy at getting up, is a continual wiping out and never thinking again of the yesterdays, a daily presentation by authority to yesterday's stumblers of that most bracing object, the cleaned and empty slate
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Eventually he had no choice but to return to the latent tributary, bracing himself for the flash flood he had dreamt up that very night
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“Getting woolly out there it's true,” came the thick Bristol accent, cracking its R's with bracing enthusiasm
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When she had been up and dressed two months and still lay about on sofas being religious, Herr Dremmel, who was patient but slowly becoming conscious that there was an atmosphere of _chapelle ardente_ about his parlour on his coming into it with the innocent briskness of a good man to his supper, though perhaps the Meuk doctor, who by now was a familiar feature in his life, had better come over and advise; and so it was that Ingeborg went to Zoppot, that bracing and beautiful seaside resort near Danzig, leaving her home for the first time since her marriage, going indeed with as much unwillingness as so will-less a person could possess, but sent off regardless of her moist opposition by the doctor, who would not even allow her to take Robertlet and Ditti with her
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“I was born in 1885,” he replied, bracing himself in assumption that I would freak out
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Who but knows the inward peace that descends upon him who makes good resolutions and abides with him till he suddenly discovers they have all been broken? And what does the breaking of them matter, since it is their making that is so wholesome, so bracing to the soul, bringing with it moments of such extreme blessedness that he misses much who gives it up for fear he will not keep them? Such blessed moments of lifting up of the heart were Priscilla's as she sat in the churchyard waiting, invisibly surrounded by the most beautiful resolutions it is possible to imagine
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The pure air and rapid motion of the motoring intended to revive and brace his little love were apparently reviving and bracing his little love's aunt as well, for lately he had been unable to avoid noticing a tendency on her part to assert herself
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'Oh, a _very_ good idea,' said Lucy mechanically, bracing herself for the library
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… and then her foot is on the gas pedal, behind her Beatrice is screaming, and next to her the man who still might be crazy is bracing his hands on the dash
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When they awoke they would find British brokers bracing themselves
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These things served as a bracing reminder that she was not in the States but somewhere entirely new
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He wasn’t leaning against his truck anymore but bracing back and forth on his short legs
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Bracing the organ with his other hand, Popearae dabbed the heart with slow, gentle pads
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She charged the sound, shield held just high enough that she could still see over the top, already bracing for the large spider leaping at her
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I rushed for the shower to forestall second thoughts, had a quick bracing dose of cold and warm water and was out in a jiffy
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Bo closed his eyes, bracing himself for the pain of the club
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The call-box door was made of some super-dense form of translucent lead and it was only by bracing his feet against the pavement that he somehow managed to haul it open
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Kaya squeezed his hand, bracing for the final question
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Don Quixote promised to follow his advice scrupulously, and it was arranged forthwith that he should watch his armour in a large yard at one side of the inn; so, collecting it all together, Don Quixote placed it on a trough that stood by the side of a well, and bracing his buckler on his arm he grasped his lance and began with a stately air to march up and down in front of the trough, and as he began his march night began to fall
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But Don Quixote, supported by his intrepid heart, leaped on Rocinante, and bracing his buckler on his arm, brought his pike to the slope, and said, "Friend Sancho, know that I by Heaven's will have been born in this our iron age to revive revive in it the age of gold, or the golden as it is called; I am he for whom perils, mighty achievements, and valiant deeds are reserved; I am, I say again, he who is to revive the Knights of the Round Table, the Twelve of France and the Nine Worthies; and he who is to consign to oblivion the Platirs, the Tablantes, the Olivantes and Tirantes, the Phoebuses and Belianises, with the whole herd of famous knights-errant of days gone by, performing in these in which I live such exploits, marvels, and feats of arms as shall obscure their brightest deeds
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Shapes bracing the earth and braced with the whole earth
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The princess granted it graciously, and he at once, bracing his buckler on his arm and drawing his sword, hastened to the inn-gate, where the two guests were still handling the landlord roughly; but as soon as he reached the spot he stopped short and stood still, though Maritornes and the landlady asked him why he hesitated to help their master and husband
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As soon as he saw him Don Quixote, bracing his shield on his arm, and drawing his sword, advanced to meet him; the duke with boar-spear did the same; but the duchess would have gone in front of them all had not the duke prevented her
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In the end, though they sought to dissuade him from involving himself in such a challenge, assuring him they admitted his gratitude as fully established, and needed no fresh proofs to be convinced of his valiant spirit, as those related in the history of his exploits were sufficient, still Don Quixote persisted in his resolve; and mounted on Rocinante, bracing his buckler on his arm and grasping his lance, he posted himself in the middle of a high road that was not far from the green meadow
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Conseil made one final effort, and bracing his hands on my shoulders, while I offered resistance with one supreme exertion, he raised himself half out of the water, then fell back exhausted
