КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «BUTTERFINGERED»
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Censored by Confucius: Ghost Stories by Yuan Mei
Butterfingered. Scholar. Wu. In May of 1760, during the reign of the Qianlong
emperor, the head prefect of Feng County, Lu Shichang, set about revising the
local gazetteer. He hired a scholar from Suzhou by the name of Wu as the
project's ...
Louise Edwards, Kam Louie, Yuan Mei, Mei Yuan, Louise P. Edwards, 1996
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
She must not be butterfingered, sweettoothed, nor faint hearted; for the first will let
everything fall, etc. 1857. Hood, Pen and PencilPictures,141. Hewasa slovenly
player, and went among the cricket loversby the sobriquet of butterfingers. 1861.
butterfingered. fumble: Concentrate. on. everything. but. your. camera,. and. it'. 11
. strike. your loose lugs secured properly—it's a lot cheaper then repairing a
camera. A less common strap-lug ailment is excessive wear. Usually this affects
pros ...
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The Poetry of Simon Armitage: A Study Guide for GCSE Students
Onthe simplest level, this can bewith a single word, such as 'in my butterfingered
way' in 'I am very bothered whenI think'. 'Butterfingered' here makes the reader
think of clumsiness, butalsoof butter placed on the fingers to soothe a burn.
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Butterfingers and Secrets
Maisy, a butterfingered old lady from a family of witches, is their only hope. Maisy can't get anything right. Every time she tries to fix her cousin Egbert's spells, Maisy makes it worse. Can she get it right for once and save the day?
Butterfingered skippers can hang it up in the pilothouse or by the tiller in the
cockpit. The centennial issue tells the story of one Eldridge fan who, “faced with
discriminating guests aboard and having no lemons to make a twist, tore small
bits ...
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Popular Photography - ND
But Henderson goes on to say how delighted he was to hear Shaw confess that
his own experience as a critic and picture fancier had sophisticated him so
thoroughly that “those accidental imitations of the products of the old
butterfingered ...
But " Fate forbade :" in scholastic merit 1 was second, and decidedly and
hopelessly second, to Gordon; in sport and gymnastics Kerry took the lead ; I,
alas ! was too short-legged for a good leaper, and butterfingered at a catch. Glory
at these ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, Thomas Carlyle, 1841
M A M as the owner taking a big chance to put T T butterfingered Skip Thomas in
a ceramics plant full of fragile pots? < Many mountains of the world are higher
and some. was wandering through the secondary at three-quarter speed, the ...
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Thinking about Cultural Resource Management: Essays from the ...
For example, they could acknowledge the likelihood that some percentage of
their loan guarantees would permit butterfingered home carpenters like me to
acquire historic buildings in historic districts and work their wills on them. They
could ...
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «BUTTERFINGERED»
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butterfingered в контексте приведенных ниже новостных статей.
Nike Puts A Target On Tennessee's Football Gloves
Can design help correct for butterfingered receivers who keep fumbling the pigskin? The Tennessee Athletics is hoping so. As part of a new ... «Co.Design, Июл 15»
Museum's appeal to find boy who accidentally smashed ancient jug …
The butterfingered boy was visiting Ipswich Museum last summer when he knocked a 10in tall 18th Century Delft puzzle jug off a window ledge. «Mirror.co.uk, Июн 15»
Samsung's Two-Pronged Invasion of the Mobile Enterprise
Fourth-generation Gorilla Glass from Corning keeps the touchscreen and back panel free from scratches, as a few butterfingered drops of ... «Datamation, Июн 15»
Dinosaur blood found in 'crap' specimens
Indeed, the scientists were so surprised by the discovery that they initially dismissed the findings as the results of a butterfingered researcher ... «Alphr, Июн 15»
RedBlacks lineback Pruneau overambitious? Absolutely
Was it all the fault of butterfingered receivers? What about the wayward balls thrown by quarterback Henry Burris? And now he's 40? «Ottawa Sun, Июн 15»
The LG G4: A Dad's Review
It did handle casual use extremely well, but I'd recommend a sturdy case if you believe it will end up in possession of a butterfingered child. «GeekDad, Июн 15»
First Read's Morning Clips
... dealings (especially their seedier side), and, perhaps most critically, his confidence in the face of lackluster polls and butterfingered fumbling. «NBCNews.com, Июн 15»
Stop comparing Washington to Game of Thrones
... to Washington's dewy-eyed view that there's no greater virtue—and that's always been D.C.'s favorite way of romanticizing its butterfingered ... «Politico, Май 15»
Disney asks visitors not to wave 3-foot-long metal poles around on …
... that selfie-stick usage at Coachella would end with a four-year-old getting a concussion because some butterfingered shutterbug accidentally ... «A.V. Club, Май 15»
Almost all smartphones sold today have the same two flaws -- and …
... onto concrete, let alone a 4-foot fall onto a gymnasium floor that a butterfingered friend of mine experienced recently (the screen shattered). «CNET, Май 15»
