10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOOK ALIVE!»
Discover the use of
look alive! in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
look alive! and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The People's journal (with which is incorporated Howitt's ...
A. NEW. SONG. FOR. THE. NEW. YEAR. Look alive ! look alive 1 There is plenty
to be done ; In this busy human hive There should never be a drone: Some new
triumph every day Will he ours if we strive: Shake all lethargy away— Look alive ...
People's and Howitt's journal
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Art of the 20th Century
James Rosenquist Horse Blinders (detail), 1968/69 Oil and fluorescent paint on
canvas and aluminum, 23 parts, 275 x 2530 cm Cologne, Museum Ludwig, I.
udwig Donation James Rosenquist Look Alive (Blue Feet, Look Alive), 1961 Oil
on ...
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Hedderwick's miscellany of instructive and entertaining ...
Look alive, Jack, you blockhead ! Here are the eggs; I'll be ready for them in a
moment; and bring up a cupful of sugar, will you? and a plate, and a spoon.' 'But
are you sure they put eggs in a dumpling, Bob ? I rather think not. ' 'Eggs! yea, I ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Cf. clear (one's) yard-arm, q.v. look alive. To be alert; bestir oneself: coll.: C.19—
20. Often in the imperative I make ha5te!, as in T. Hughes, 1858, '[He]... told [them
] to look alive and get their job done' (OED). P.B.: a Punch theatrical cartoon, ...
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Mother Was a Gunner's Mate: World War II in the Waves
"Look alive, Seamen. Look alive, look alive." Someone was hurrying us off to
somewhere else. JesusMaryandJoseph, I've only been here part of one day and
already I am tired of it. Bossy people are yelling at me from all sides to look alive,
...
Josette Dermody Wingo, 2000
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War Plays by Women: An International Anthology
EDIE AND POLLY Your mothers and your sisters, Your sweethearts and your
wives, Won't hand you a white feather, If you'll only look alive. EEK AND CECIL
Look alive, for Crissake look alive, The brasshats are all toffs, But we've gotta
beat ...
Agnes Cardinal, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature Agnes Cardinal, Elaine Turner, 2013
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The Thinnest Girl
Alive: Diary of a Young Dancer
“Don't look down, Celia,” Monica hollered to me over the music, “your feet know
what they're doing! Project! Look alive, you're the swan! Make them enjoy
watching you! Celia, your eyes have to be out to the audience! They're the ones
to look ...
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... make haste: Challenge your stafT' to look for ways to become excited about the
services they provide. Challenge them to look alive, be alive! look more dead
than alive - used of smb. in a very poor physical condition owing to illness, etc.
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Fully
Alive: Lighten Up and Live - A Journey that Will ...
Look alive! If you don't already have an exercise plan in place, put the book down
after you finish this chapter and plan a way to breathe hard for at least an hour,
six days a week. This is your goal. Find a way to push yourself to breathe extra ...
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Alive occursasan intensive and expletive :e.g., alive and kicking = very sprightly,
all there (q.v.); alsoallalive; man (heart, or sakes) alive ! (an emphatic address) ;
to look ALiVE = to make haste; all alivie (tailors') = slovenly made(ofgarments). c.
