Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 6
... comes to pulling talent if you get my meaning heh heh I've got a band myself actually sort of heavy Sabbath sort of thing oops sorry mate does it hurt is it broke never mind plenty more where that came from heh heh . ' To those outside ...
... comes to pulling talent if you get my meaning heh heh I've got a band myself actually sort of heavy Sabbath sort of thing oops sorry mate does it hurt is it broke never mind plenty more where that came from heh heh . ' To those outside ...
Pagina 94
... comes to having lost one's marbles , there may be a reference to the lack of testicles as evincing abnormality . To go for all the marbles means to go for broke in gambling slang . It signifies a gambler's last desperate or hopeful ...
... comes to having lost one's marbles , there may be a reference to the lack of testicles as evincing abnormality . To go for all the marbles means to go for broke in gambling slang . It signifies a gambler's last desperate or hopeful ...
Pagina 168
... comes from the Turkish word meaning empty or worthless ; and gained cur- rency from its frequent use in James Justinian Morier's Middle- Eastern romance , Ayesha , 1834. ' Grotesque ' comes from the Greek verb kryptein , to hide , and ...
... comes from the Turkish word meaning empty or worthless ; and gained cur- rency from its frequent use in James Justinian Morier's Middle- Eastern romance , Ayesha , 1834. ' Grotesque ' comes from the Greek verb kryptein , to hide , and ...
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