10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BABYISHLY»
Discover the use of
babyishly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
babyishly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
EXERCISES I. Recasting "Babyishly Short" Sentences Rewrite the following
passages in sentences that have proper variety of form. Not all of your new
sentences should be long, not all complex. Vary the types. • 1. The mob was
afraid that the ...
Charles Henshaw Ward, 1920
2
One Act: Eleven Short Plays of the Modern Theatre
(Lisping babyishly .) This is where you been. Settin' on th' swing since we had
supper. Swingin'— back an' fo'th— back an' fo'th . . . You didn' go off in th' Chevy.
(Slowly.) An' you was awfly surprised w'en th' syndicate fire broke out!
3
Atlantic Citizens: Nineteenth-century American Writers at ...
No sooner had I reached the far foreign land which had so appalled me than I
found myself so hemmed in with kindness, so guarded and guided by friendly
care, that there was, and is, imminent danger of my becoming more babyishly ...
4
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams: 27 wagons full of cotton, ...
Uh-huh? flora: Uh-huh [lisping babyishly]. This is where you been. Settin' on th'
swing since we had supper. Swingin'— back an' fo'th— back an' fo'th. . . . You
didn' go off in th' Chevy [slowly] an' you was awf'ly surprised w'en th' Syndicate
fire ...
5
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded ...
In a babyish manner Tcnildishly. x86o Rutledge 29, I felt rather babyishly about it.
1884 J. Goldsmith Himself Again iii. 29 He felt, almost babyishly, that she might
take him and make him what she wished him to be. Babyishness. [f. as prec.
Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Philological Society (Great Britain), 1887
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Plays : pleasant and unpleasant
But I am to desert her, I suppose. Frank (babyishly, lulling her and making love to
her with his voice). Mustn't go live with her. Little family group of mother and
daughter wouldn't be a success. Spoil our little group. Vivie (falling under the
spell).
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The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir
His mode of dress, however incongruous at times, suited him well and lent dignity
to his rotund frame, which Klari described in her au- tobiography as “roly-poly . . .
babyishly plump and round, like a child's drawing of the man in the moon.
By the middle of his third year at St. Andrew's he'd given up smoking, grown very
tall, lost his babyishly rounded cheeks and formed still more definite opinions on
any number of subjects. "Those things are really bad," he said of cigarettes.
Charlotte Vale Allen, 1998
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The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: Volume 6: The ...
FRANK. (Babyishly, lulling her and making love to her with his voice.) Musnt go
live with her. Little family 230 group of mother and daughter wouldnt be a
success. Spoil our little group. VIVIE. (Falling under the spell.) What little group?
FRANK.
Joseph Black, Leonard Conolly, Kate Flint, 2006
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Russ & Daughters: Reflections and Recipes from the House ...
I am always suspicious of acronyms, which have the tendency to make difficult
and complex matters seem almost babyishly easy and thereby lead the user into
a deep, dark, and expensive hole. This project was going to be very expensive.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BABYISHLY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
babyishly is used in the context of the following news items.
Kate Middleton warned Prince George could get jealous
Don't punish them for regressing or acting babyishly – understand that it's just a natural way for them to deal with emotions they don't ... «Lincolnshire Echo, May 15»
When Crime controllers become Perpetrators: Malawi situation
So you sleep like a baby…feeling all good and secure. But hey, don't sleep that babyishly; it's a mistake, a very grave mistake. Why a mistake? «Nyasa Times, Apr 15»
Just Married, Why Am I Not Happy?
A wife who turns out to be so babyishly immature that she starts cribbing and whining about little things right from the start of the wedding night. «Onislam.net, Mar 15»
RACHEL JOHNSON: At last! Theresa gives a speech - and no one …
Almost everyone can be relied on to behave babyishly on their birthday. Footballer Yaya Toure has thrown an Achillean strop over his club's ... «Daily Mail, May 14»
The BBC's groupthink is an enemy to free speech
... the overwhelming impression that the BBC and its presenters give to the world is that they seem to be so babyishly pleased with themselves; ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
Short Fiction: 'The House Of Sant Cassia' by James Vella
Isla held her husband's monogrammed ink pen babyishly between her dry fingers. She wrote on a soft- backed notepad, its cover bent and ... «The Quietus, Feb 14»
'Big Fish' Is a Big Broadway Flop
... from Andrew Lippa, lately of "The Addams Family," whose songs blend theme-park pop with greeting-card lyrics to babyishly banal effect. «Wall Street Journal, Oct 13»
Men succumb to women's sajiao spell
Imagine you're shopping with your girlfriend when suddenly she turns to you, bats her eyelashes and babyishly begs: "Honey, my handbag is ... «Global Times, Jan 13»
Piano lessons expose all my flaws – in black and white
Greg plays something babyishly simple, and invites me to copy him. I squint down at the keyboard, anxiously chewing my tongue. All the notes ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 12»
Catch her if you can
... Ennis in the rear-view mirror, chatting to Toni Minichiello (her tracksuited sensei of the last 15 years), GQ thinks - rather babyishly - that this is ... «GQ.com, Aug 12»
