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    1. I wished it didn't have to face north but this is like a tiny scale model of my dream house


    2. Here is a partial listing of Chile peppers from around the world and their heat scale:


    3. Nichols has filed a patent application for a line of equipment that uses a brief exposure to extreme heat and hot water for the control of whitefly, aphids, mealybug, scale and mite infestations


    4. This mold is created as a direct result of insects such as aphids, scale, whiteflies and mealybugs


    5. The scale is too big for the eye to correctly register it at once


    6. She could only imagine its scale


    7. “When they ran out of corpses to catapult over the walls, records say that an old bearded man took two axes to the wall and attempted to scale it in the dead of night


    8. If the United Order gets the Chip there won’t be much we can do other than a full scale attack


    9. For Scale: Use soaps


    10. However, simply by taking care of one’s yard and garden through natural means, the accumulative effects will yield significant results on a global scale

    11. Secondly, can you tell us the scale of the operation and how many human organs were involved


    12. The full scale fabricator was now in production and the panic over switching that in was over


    13. Instead she'd occupied herself with the grunt work, finishing up the full scale fabricator and getting more mining bots deployed


    14. steps towards origin, and in thinking, even on a universal scale, Smith began to


    15. But I'm still on the scale; I cannot wake up from this nightmare


    16. Every time it came round to my turn to shake and roll, with every attempt that I made to scale the ladders of hope by constructing impossible plans for my salvation, with every throw of the dice, I just slipped down another snake


    17. It was all shown out of scale, of course, and the Lancers’ fighters were the size of pigeons as they spread out around the breaching ship, pretending they couldn’t see the stealthed alien stalking them


    18. Beyond the confines of earth-time, way out beyond the fringes of the universe where dark matter falls forever, Smith thought about nothing, taking slow but gigantic steps towards origin, and in thinking, even on a universal scale, Smith began to acquire the very first trappings of personality


    19. with her sister to balance our scale


    20. Once again Alfred was astonished by the scale of what they were seeing

    21. Oliar hadn't stayed long in Zhlindu on a cosmic scale, not a century, and he was off thru Kyeb and then the old lands, then to Yondure, where he remains this day


    22. Luray knew that even from a floater you couldn't get a good sense of the scale of either the Trenst or the Tovarst ring


    23. the gaps a scale of hangover and lethargy


    24. For a start, the machinery here, whilst performing well, is not on the same scale as the massive engines of the industrial revolution across in England


    25. ‘Other manufacturies concentrate on fabric for household items … curtains and bedding, for example, but our looms are not large enough for that scale of material


    26. Intelligent crime on a huge scale with a demon in the detail; a high-powered, heavily-armed, luxurious schooner feeding world-wide drivelling greed, gagging for more and supplied on demand by ruthless slavering zeal


    27. How could she get away with playing the innocent as a respected art historian while being completely responsible for the trafficking of plunder on this scale


    28. The result of Heart-Walls on a larger scale leads to


    29. On a global scale, Heart-Walls lead to ethnic


    30. Perhaps that was what made her suspect this was not Alan’s doing, because it was all so small scale

    31. “Learning is always at the cellular scale, synapse by synapse actually


    32. We have a new scale of creature to contend with in the universe, creatures a quarter billion cubic light years in volume


    33. Pity … though having said that, the brilliant thing about Danvers House is the personal aspect, the tenants are not mere numbers on a page but people … it would be difficult to do that on a larger scale, I suppose


    34. Only as they rounded the bend in the causeway did the true scale


    35. It was a scale he could imagine Tdeshi in, unlike the endless city between here and the Hub


    36. and encouragement according to some internal performance scale that


    37. For our own purposes, in order to keep these ever fractalling series of groups of octaves clear to us, and for easier reference, let's call the initial all-to-nothing octave: Scale Zero, the next two created: Scale One, and Scale Two


    38. So fill in those octaves beginning with the octave of 192 between Scale 0's RE---which becomes a Do in Scale 1---up to the MI---which becomes that octave's top Do


    39. He looked at the spacing on the page of the notes of Scale 0 and tried to gauge the smaller octave's notes' spacing to conform to it


    40. Now he saw why although the spacing of the actual Scale 0 octave was an eighth, a quarter, a third, a half and so on, that was not the way these were laid out to accommodate all the charted inner vibrations

    41. It took the young man calculating the first note of the Scale 1 octave's Do 384 to the Re above it, as an eighth of the way between 384 and 768 with an overall length of 384---an eighth of which was 48 added to the bottom Do 384 to yield Re 432 that he looked down at the octave below and saw 216 as the lower octave's Re


    42. “They disappear; except the Scale 0 TI, it skips Scale 1 and shows up as a Sol in Scale 2


    43. all the notes of the Scale 0 octave are reused in both the next scales, except TI, as I said before


    44. then that TI's vibration gets used in the last scale


    45. well, at Scale 0's MI and SOL when they get to Scale 2 there are double Do's?”


    46. He looked down at the new groupings and said with a touch of surprise, “There are six large chunks here and each one has three notes from Scale 1 as larger representatives of the group


    47. courtrooms, except the scale holder was dressed in a baseball uniform and cap, and


    48. In his left hand he held the lighter scale, which was stacked


    49. The scale was only an inch or so off the ground


    50. One of Babs’ hobbies was a scale railway that meandered through his estate














































    1. in the drift down from far scaled heights, climbed and conquered,


    2. the point where the other man had climbed the wall and scaled it


    3. sweatshirt, his fingertips scaled against her smooth back


    4. scaled the North Face


    5. interesting to do and have potential to be scaled


    6. then scaled it as the company earned more


    7. The breeze rapidly scaled up to a wind and then a gale as they moved into the storm


    8. The group scaled the remaining ladder and surveyed the area around them with their torches


    9. As I scaled the stairs, I noticed something


    10. Halon fired again but it glanced off the scaled shoulder as the creature swung his arm aggressively

    11. They soon found themselves in the shadow of the peaks and then onto the escarpment they had scaled the day before


    12. Just after midday they found the exact gully they had scaled before and descended even quicker, almost twisting their ankles in the process


    13. A brief but unseemly episode marred the otherwise well-conducted ceremony when Scovel, angry at being excluded by Shafter’s ban on the press, scaled the roof of the Palace in order to appear in photographs of the flag-raising


    14. While Alex was examining the high gates, the cat that had followed him scaled the stone wall farther back along the road, working its way along the top


    15. Wrinkling his snout in concentration as he scaled the trunk, knowing this was the easy part, getting back down again was always a lot harder


    16. With amazing agility, Kaori quickly scaled a collapsed concrete stanchion that blocked our way and ran towards the buildings that overshadowed the freeway overpass


    17. Comandante Cobra scaled the barge, crossed it and descended to the boat followed by the large man,


    18. In one swift movement he leapt for the trunk and scaled the tree


    19. Another scaled head appeared


    20. This time a dark grey, scaled creature, with long whiskers, and a different shaped snout appeared

    21. She moved forward and pushed ashore a small, simple wooden box, with her scaled flipper


    22. Ranger could feel the air pouring out of her nostrils rising from her scaled snout


    23. " Bao dove into the pond and flipped the water with her scaled tail


    24. His blue, scaled tail barely entered the water, with his large frame propped by two front flippers


    25. Small front flippers and scaled tails; yes, these are Wyverns, Sea Dragons, yet we’re so far from the sea


    26. She bore me down, and the bear stood over me, the human face protruding on a long scaled neck, filthy, bits of dirt and shit caked on a ragged beard, its breath rancid with vomit and rot


    27. A giant H-O scaled


    28. Steve scaled a fence, and


    29. She strode across the white cobblestones and scaled the hedges that bordered


    30. Slowly he scaled the steps, his hands raised up to touch the

    31. deafening as they scaled the staircase


    32. They came to landing unlike the others they had scaled after a


    33. magnificent artistry as they scaled the vast walls to the seventieth


    34. that scaled the wall of the foyer to the spacious open balcony of


    35. began to climb the rim, wary as they scaled the crumbling path,


    36. Outdated machines scaled the sweeping brick walls of the


    37. It occurred to me that this cabin was quite similar to the Khakhan’s yurt in Khanbalikh, although necessarily scaled down


    38. Young men scaled the bars; shouts echoed all through the yard


    39. If I had wanted to, I could have scaled the wall of his house in seconds, landing in his room in moments, but if Levi was at home, he obviously didn’t want to see me, otherwise he would have heard me, come to investigate how his aunt was treating the girl he loved, if he did any longer


    40. Obama reversed or scaled back nearly every major offshore oil opportunity that has come about since the price spike of 2008 – effectively reimposing a moratorium on drilling off the coasts

    41. When the Projection came from Xervia, they had been ready to go for over an hour, and had spent the time examining a scaled model illusion of Hilia provided by Equemev from her Reading of Silaran, who had Translocated there for a moment to memorize the view from the top of the lip of the volcano


    42. which had to be scaled down, we opened a small eatery


    43. The repetitive chinking sound from the Uphrians’ scaled armour quickened, marking their sudden change in pace


    44. Sliding between the demon’s legs he sliced into its inner thighs with both blades as he passed, the wounds were nowhere as deep as he had intended and he discovered that the thick scaled tegument of the beast was much tougher than expected


    45. Dean shut his netbook and scaled down from his perch


    46. scaled the wall to the interstate and were back in the car


    47. Quickly, I scaled the wall, but to my sad surprise, the guard had been dismissed early


    48. The rusted wheels rounded the graveside three times, as if doing victory laps, then scooped up the beauty upon its handlebars, and scaled high up upon the wire


    49. As the mercenaries scaled several, spiraling flights of stairs they remained cautious and ready for battle


    50. Lord Taliesin and his friends scaled several spiraling flights of stairs to a great dining hall









































    1. sympathy sessions, an event actually causes the scales [controls] to be tipped in the other direction thus creating a different and, very


    2. The larvae eats aphids, mealybugs, scales, thrips, mites, spider mites and whiteflies


    3. They destroy many other destructive insects,as well the eggs of many caterpillars, mites, scales, aphids and mealybugs


    4. When the sun hit his scales in the morning, he first prostrated himself before God and immediately flew through the treetops to her


    5. " He flew into the air and could feel Kerubiel's light beating hot on his scales


    6. Scales are usually connected to the presence of ants


    7. I discovered in Menachem, for all of his worldliness, an almost constant source of optimism, whereas I, still feeling my way into manhood, could swing through the scales of euphoria and black melancholy with comparative ease


    8. Scales: It denotes that you are an honest and reasonable person, which will help you earn money and a good reputation


    9. Now that it was SO close she could clearly see that it was covered in fire-streaked stone scales


    10. than the fingers imagined in scales of familiarity and use,

    11. think that they are scales, but that is a mis-conception


    12. It's eyes were not on stalks, they were two big saucers right below it's jaws with blinking scales covering them


    13. down upon the scales that weigh


    14. helicopter ride might tip the scales of originality


    15. He can see the shimmer of scales reflecting sunlight a fathom beneath his feet


    16. It had been enough to tip the scales back in


    17. But in this court there was no Lady Justice holding her scales, no lawyers, no


    18. all the notes of the Scale 0 octave are reused in both the next scales, except TI, as I said before


    19. gone – and the scales fell from my eyes


    20. She was even able to get a couple master's sessions, one on improvisational ear techniques that she couldn't quite keep up with, another on the Tragoth scales

    21. These are only estimates since it’s been sort of tough getting them up voluntarily on one of those bathroom scales so as to verify precisely the bulk of their bulging bodies


    22. fascinated with the scales, as the spice merchant weighed out grains of pepper


    23. Talent scouts and agencies start to realise that 'the next big thing' is likely to be about nine foot long and covered in green scales


    24. The stranger cocked his head and Dane noticed the scales rising from the neckline of his shirt to his jawline


    25. His skin hardened into scales, this time covering his entire expanded body


    26. Agony exploded on his face as barbs sliced through his flesh, seconds before scales swept over its surface


    27. He still had dragon wings, and the scales on his neck had spread to his cheeks


    28. He reigned in the pressing urge to bury his teeth into the mutated human’s flesh and scales


    29. Isa 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?


    30. Next I stepped onto the large cast iron scales to be weighed which the nurse did by adding iron weights a few lbs and ounces at a time until the balancing arm reached the required place and then she read off my weight she wrote this down in my notes as well

    31. Officers in charge of the four boats from the Shenandoah were Lieutenants Grimball, Chew, Lee, and Scales


    32. After firing two shots over her bow, the Thornton came about, and a prize crew from the Shenandoah under Lieutenant Scales was sent to board her and take charge


    33. Tucker, and mates were received on board the Shenandoah while Lieutenant Scales was put in charge of the prize and directed to communicate with the Milo and make sure that Captain Hawes kept company with the Thornton while it followed the


    34. ’ The Darangi appeared to smile as his widening mouth bunched up scales on either side


    35. In South Africa you have three different fee scales agreed to by all attorneys


    36. alone that the scales descending on the counter made a merry sound, or


    37. (native) pay scales, ―good‖ for the native(s), perhaps, whose alternative lies in sleeping on city sidewalks, has given rise to salaries and wages that American blue collar workers could never hope to (viably) compete against


    38. He who defends the cause of the fatherless and the orphan; He who commands His people to provide shelter for the homeless, and uphold the cause of the needy, the aged and the widow? Do I not hold the scales of truth and weigh all in the balances?! Am I not a discerner of the heart and of the mind, He who knows the innermost thoughts and intentions?!


    39. One girl was purchased from Cleaver and on the day the Master had bought her, he put her on a scales and she weighed 128 pounds


    40. But, off she went in her glass-bottom boat, more interested in male tourists with dollars than any fish with scales, while Sylvia paddled away in a dugout with Angel in search of local real estate

    41. He felt like he would grow gills and scales, and swim the oceans of the world if the skies suddenly opened and poured all the water of the world and the earth was covered in it


    42. Scales, feathers, fur and hard shells were all represented


    43. This Wyvern had brilliant green scales and a bright purple stripe that ran the length of its snout between the eyes, and over the back of its head


    44. A dark color of slate grey, replaced the brilliant green scales


    45. The scales on his chest were in the shape of a large flower


    46. In the center of the symbol, between the unbalanced scales, are two empty chairs


    47. Marcus stumbles over one of the scales, his hands covering his face so I can’t see the damage Tobias did


    48. He walks back to Shauna’s side, and I stand over one of the Candor scales in the lobby, at a loss


    49. The Self-Justifying Criminal in Literature, for instance, tip the scales of order and logic toward oblivion? Does useless and abysmal inversion of the rich matter of literature serve any educational purpose, Mother? These are questions worth asking, as Ms


    50. Scales rose from his skin, green and reptilian,











































    1. Breaking noon casts reflections, scaling water


    2. It is simply scaling up the computational devices we are familiar with and programing the operating system itself with a self interest


    3. Scaling back up the floor was impossible


    4. He knows it is very difficult not to throw money at a problem and almost impossible to stop doing so without the electorate complains about a "down scaling of jobs" and "leaving us open for attack" and whatever cr-p the opposition politicians can think off to make life difficult for you


    5. He reappeared moments later, scaling the long ladder up one leg of the crane


    6. ” Ash pointed to the dust and bodies that were scaling up around the bubble


    7. scaling Pillars, as well as the Central Complex, it had removed the


    8. away, they saw the end of the frame, rails of iron girders scaling


    9. They raced up the stairs two at a time, scaling the circumference


    10. against the dark clouded sky, illuminated by scaling beams of

    11. study deeper still within the underground caves, lined by scaling


    12. The scaling walls of the


    13. ” The remedies proposed by the alarmists would require a drastic scaling down of industrial and technological development


    14. Since then, dozens of books, national magazines, web sites, and grassroots "simplicity circles" have sprung up to offer support and share ideas for those interested in scaling back


    15. Since Digg was having problems in scaling its MySQL database software, it began to shift over to another open source system called Cassandra


    16. Michael was close behind, scaling the wall as soon as


    17. Scaling the steep walls of the universe


    18. Under cover of a murderous hail of arrows from the goblin archers farther back, scaling ladders were laid against the walls and grappling hooks thrown to lodge between the merlons on the battlements


    19. She seemed to have such power on the stage as she danced, and the costuming! He thought the tail with the arrowhead on the end was a cute touch, marveled at the red glowing eyes and the small horns and reminded himself to ask her how she got the scaling effect on hands, arms and legs under the spotlights


    20. He came from a race of hillmen, accustomed to scaling forbidding crags, and he was a man of unusual strength and agility

    21. Seems as if in scaling the formidable gate she overestimated her athletic prowess and settled onto the topmost curlicue of the iron scroll adorning the gate top; which unexpectedly penetrated her unrepentant genitalia


    22. The wind blows wild; trees uproot; water rises to scaling heights; I can cause storms too and earthquakes


    23. But this tree was off limits for scaling


    24. It is true, the body must now work physically more in order to bring forth a change because it is now working through tougher conditions, not just walking up hill, but now scaling a mountain because of the medicinal interference


    25. The scaling part was probably a remnant of a leopard


    26. It lowered out of the sinni tree, scaling down it with ease as the soldiers were firmly strapped in their seats


    27. 3 SCALING OF CRITICAL SKILLS OF COACHING


    28. You can use scaling to help quickly identify the most important


    29. Using Scaling Techniques are a very good way of helping to


    30. Linking to the Scaling stage you can now build on this

    31. this approach, coupled to the idea of scaling, makes it an


    32. Silently Jerry took his place, scaling the mast with stringy muscles standing out from sparse flesh


    33. After the scaling of the tree I ordered Louis to get on the


    34. I did a bit of scaling


    35. I chose the closest one, scaling it and then placing


    36. I ended up scaling a house


    37. Brian and I walked towards the JBZ, scaling the hill, until


    38. Although, she was next to my tree, her tree scaling


    39. but unless there was some kind of advantage in scaling one of


    40. scaling a drain pipe

    41. I ran as fast as I could scaling the perimeter fence of the


    42. Adam placed the headphones over his patient’s ears and the mask over his nose while Michelle prepared the scaling and polishing equipment


    43. His hair was curly like a creeper as scaling on his head and resembled as the true carbon copy of the great pop singer, Michael Jackson


    44. ” Parul said; scaling tears


    45. I just stood scaling tears


    46. I was scaling tears again and again


    47. I was scaling tears; thinking that what was happening with me; at that moment I was unable to take any decision; felt deserted and lonely while leaving Gopal at the bus stand


    48. I was just scaling tears; lost in the abysmal of my anxieties and dilemmas


    49. scaling the colossal robot


    50. around the anthropoid, with a few scaling Shakespeare’s










































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    Synonyms for "scale"

    scale plate shell weighing machine musical scale exfoliation scurf scale leaf graduated table ordered series scale of measurement descale surmount covering layer film coating crust incrustation dander balance trebuchet steelyard gradation gamut progression series steps key peel flake exfoliate skin measure compare weigh size compute climb ascend mount progress

    "scale" definitions

    an ordered reference standard


    relative magnitude


    the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it


    a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin


    a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin


    (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)


    a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass


    an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks


    a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)


    a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals


    measure by or as if by a scale


    pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard


    take by attacking with scaling ladders


    reach the highest point of


    climb up by means of a ladder


    remove the scales from


    measure with or as if with scales


    size or measure according to a scale