04-06-2005, 07:53 PM
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cunning stunt
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Sunny south of France
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MMM i thought it was an idiom, but someone in the teaching trade said it wasn't... grr. What about "she gave him a wink, which made him feel a little less crushed" crushed is a what?
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04-06-2005, 08:31 PM
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King of the špatnýs
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: was that dog
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Found these:
hy·per·bo·le ( P ) Pronunciation Key (h-pűrb-l) n. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton. met·a·phor ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mt-fôr, -fr) n. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in “a sea of troubles” or “All the world's a stage” (Shakespeare). trope ( P ) Pronunciation Key (trp) n. A figure of speech using words in nonliteral ways, such as a metaphor. sim·i·le ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sm-l) n. A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as, as in “How like the winter hath my absence been” or “So are you to my thoughts as food to life” (Shakespeare). Still looking......... |
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04-07-2005, 04:07 AM
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monkey
Join Date: Dec 2002
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I can't believe Boone died on Lost. I liked him.
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04-07-2005, 07:51 PM
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monkey
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: on the go
Posts: 3,657
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I'm tired of being sick.
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04-07-2005, 08:18 PM
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Coming in Last
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Sunny Arizona!
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I donated blood today!
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04-07-2005, 10:33 PM
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monkey
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: on the go
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I feel extra pissy and grumpy today.
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04-07-2005, 10:46 PM
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monkey
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: 20 minutes in the future
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I went to the Dr. today
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04-07-2005, 11:08 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Yay!!
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04-08-2005, 04:11 AM
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Coming in Last
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Sunny Arizona!
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Ya! I have only done it one time before, so I was still a little nervous, but it is for a good cause.
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04-08-2005, 06:42 AM
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monkey
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: 20 minutes in the future
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Post number 123... now lets see how long you can hold out Craig......
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04-12-2005, 03:32 AM
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Lollypop!
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: we are all made of stars
Posts: 11,690
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I just met a guy that worked for the Will and Grace show at the Hard Rock Cafe...he said he would send me a T-shirt...YAY!
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04-12-2005, 06:25 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: tea leaf towers - home of fine musical entertainment
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04-12-2005, 07:39 PM
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Lollypop!
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: we are all made of stars
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I really have to go to the bathroom! why why why, did he pick just now to take a shower!!!!
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don't want to have my other wisdom teeth removed..
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