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1. The younger men have seen the older men shirk their
2. Alan taking the responsibility for his own tasks and also being considerate of others, Nuran shirking her own tasks, taking others for granted and pleading with others to shirk theirs for her own selfish reasons
3. predicted, but he was not someone to shirk from hard tasks
4. Yorthops has been the main gardener, though I didn’t shirk it when I lived downstairs and I still tend the livestock more than Bekthi does
5. “For one thing, he tried to shirk his oath to Hera that he’d fight in the Trojan War
6. But Imbrahim wondered about that; and he couldn’t shirk the feeling Jhordel had
7. is that you may shirk it
8. Sometimes we can be tempted to shirk our responsibilities (particularly if we are time pressured) avoiding that hard conversation which often starts with
9. I will not shirk it
10. Surely she had wakened him early in order to shirk her responsibility—but no
11. her son who was inclined to shirk his studies
12. The aforementioned sources are categorized as SHIRK, in
13. Shirk, and Unbelief are categories that lead to the hellfire
14. The prescription must be activity and reward at the local level; work and you will eat; shirk and you will starve
15. Questions about shirk and Christ (how Muslims could think Christians could hold to that understanding of Christ is beyond me)
16. It’s your responsibility, don’t shirk away from it
17. He is a man who would shirk this responsible work,
18. “Granted that you wear the shoe and certainly knows where it pinches, I can’t shirk my responsibilities which include sincere advice on the type of relationships you should keep
19. I would like to advise the mothers that come what might; they must not shirk their responsibilities to their female children because at the end of the day, what counts most is the character of the female child, a mother of future generations
20. " If you shirk this exercise
21. The gallant combatant came well primed by his master the duke as to how he was to bear himself against the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha; being warned that he must on no account slay him, but strive to shirk the first encounter so as to avoid the risk of killing him, as he was sure to do if he met him full tilt
22. The minute after a step traversed the hall; the open house was too tempting for Heathcliff to resist walking in: most likely he supposed that I was inclined to shirk my promise, and so resolved to trust to his own audacity
23. They had the cheek, them frauds! I was right on him before I could shirk
24. “Their Majesties’ Navy doesn’t select captains or flag officers who shirk their responsibilities or take counsel of their fears
25. When Carlotta heard of the astounding reception bestowed upon her understudy, she was at once cured of an incipient attack of bronchitis and a bad fit of sulking against the management and lost the slightest inclination to shirk her duties
26. "Every one feels himself to be an honest man and will not shirk his part in the common cause"—the lame man tried to wriggle out of it—"but
1. No man could ever claim that I shirked my responsibilities to my family or to my country
2. “Second, we must wage peace with the same absolute commitment that we would use to wage war! Let us bring prosperity to the poor with generosity and with training and education and help and camaraderie! Let us restore the lands and wilderness areas that have been despoiled by past wars and disasters! Let us build schools and libraries and parks and gardens for the enjoyment and betterment of all! Let no effort or expense be shirked in these endeavors, for the Nexus threatens our entire world!
3. They shirked the restraining nets with ease and engaged the fighters in a fierce melee
4. I never shirked with the last 2
5. who shirked both office
6. When he got back to the flat, he shirked off the coat and pulled off his trousers
7. At first the man shirked away in fear, averting his eyes and covering
8. He'd been in Bosnia during the war and the Serbs; yes and his Bosnian friends too, had not shirked at atrocities
9. Men of his own age shirked instead of seeking his society, voting him — spite of his riches — conceited, self-sufficient, and purse-proud; his elders he avoided, styling them 'stupid old buffers;' while the children, after one shy look, knew better than to play hide-and-seek with him, or hunt for lollies in the pockets of his immaculately fitting coat
10. The hot weather made him indolent, and he had shirked his studies, tried Mr
11. ‘Yes, looking at the sky, I thought that the dome that I see is not a deception, and then I thought something, I shirked facing something,’ he mused
12. Just as he was going into the nursery he remembered what it was he had shirked facing
13. A stalker determined to befriend Amy, and when Amy shirked her …
14. No one would discover that she shirked her duty, because not every participant will successfully mine blocks in either case
15. The immensely popular Ahmad Zahir had revolutionized Afghan music and outraged the purists by adding electric guitars, drums, and horns to the traditional tabla and harmonium; on stage or at parties, he shirked the austere and nearly morose stance of older singers and actually smiled when he sang – sometimes even at women
16. A pause—in which I began to steady the palsy of my nerves, and to feel that the Rubicon was passed; and that the trial, no longer to be shirked, must be firmly sustained
1. Alan taking the responsibility for his own tasks and also being considerate of others, Nuran shirking her own tasks, taking others for granted and pleading with others to shirk theirs for her own selfish reasons
2. "What! You think I've been shirking my duties" his loud voice rang through the sparsely decorated room, as did the sound of the chair when it hit the floor
3. Look at these parents: shirking responsibility onto hope In their children found guilty until proven innocent
4. I could feel the black depression descending on me again and the almost tangible hate that I felt for those shirking bastards stood at the bar waving their money and drinking
5. “Do you seriously think this is my fault you old bloody quack I have had a belly full of people shirking and blaming other people
6. M: What is wrong with its seeking the pleasant and shirking the
7. This further vexed her female co-workers, who chose to suspect her of shirking
8. 6 "A certain man had two sons; one, the younger, was lighthearted and carefree, always seeking for a good time and shirking responsibility, while his older brother was serious, sober, hard-working, and willing to bear responsibility
9. "Hmmm," she paused, still worrying that she was shirking her obligations
10. No shirking! No excuses!”
11. Shirking your responsibilities and taking the easy way out would have left you right where you were
12. In this way we are all in this together, bearing the cost and risk equally and not shirking our duty by placing absolute control in the hands of a few law enforcement soldiers
13. ’ The few of them that relish in sexual escapades recklessly undermine the prestige of their entire colleagues, thereby shirking their responsibilities as moral touch bearers
14. Each member carries his own load, and he would not think of shirking
15. She wrote that his health was satisfactory; he did his work without shirking or seeking to do more; he was almost indifferent about food, but except on Sundays and holidays the food was so bad that at last he had been glad to accept some money from her, Sonia, to have his own tea every day
16. And whenever she found mending, she felt that Carreen was shirking her share of the burdens
17. Shirking this duty in difficult periods shows a lack of courage under pressure
1. A man who shirks his social responsibilities and who slights
2. They speed away as Unks shirks his snickering head side to side
3. As she stands, he shirks his face away and back to sipping
