КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «SKEWWHIFF»
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... honourable feline generosity indeed. Dog would never forget this, and made
an extraspecial effort to remember the memory, so he wouldn't forget either –
something which momentarily made his face look a little bit strained and
skewwhiff, ...
2
Last Tango in Aberystwyth
But there is one thing I am very angry about. Taking the gun like that.' Her eyes
flicked wide. 'What gun? I didn't take your gun.' Llunos walked over clutching a
Styrofoam cup, looking tired; his tie skewwhiff, shirt buttons undone over his belly.
3
Lighthouse at the End of the World: Le Phare Du Bout Du ...
Knowledge for the sake of it, family life, indulgence of the senses, public service,
political or social improvement—all values appear skewwhiff in Verne. Science
receives short shrift except as a quicker method to transport the characters away
...
Jules Verne, William Butcher,
2007
4
The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw
... skewwhiff bookshelves and wobbly desk and chair that he completed. I
tightened a few nuts while he was in the garden. Dorothy's father was a
frightening man. A cripple from birth, he had a deformed hip and a shortened leg
on which he ...
5
Invitation to the Married Life
... make-up rather battered — a bit skewwhiff, somehow. Well, she'd probably had
a jolly good time dancing away the night with Rosie's son, various people. He
was glad. Rachel's eyes flicked from Thomas's dishevelled hair, to his bow tie ...
'It's our man!' she cried. 'Mack! It's our man!' He bounded to her side—he and
Hadrian both. Standing somewhat skewwhiff on the ground before them was a
tall headstone clearly inscribed THOMAS PEIRSON, WHALER ANDOIL
MERCHANT.
Inthe place foreggs there isatub of lowfat sunflower spread with the lid slightly
skewwhiff. Iclickitinto place. I leanback against the counter whileI gulpthejuice.
There isacork board abovethe fridge. Pinned onitareasmall selection ofpostcards,
...
8
Once Upon a Cowpat: Stories from the Back Country
They stuck a wooden cross in the ground at the head of the grave, next to
Richard's slightly skewwhiff one, and placed an absolute profusion of flowers
above where Zac lay. The girls were too upset to say little more than blubbering
goodbyes, ...
9
Climbing Lessons: Inside Outdoor Education
The 'after' ones show ten bedraggled mucky blobs, their faces caked and gaping,
with Somme eyes and with helmets skewwhiff. Rag-doll arms hang. Mud-clogged
batteries droop from belts left half-mast by fumbling fingers too blue to claw at ...
10
The Comfort of Water: A River Pilgrimage
As we walked the forest path, Cinn's house in view,afemale lyrebird ran
acrossthe track in front of us, looking likeamad old trampwithdampcoats
skewwhiff. At Cinnamon's cottage one of herneighbours hadsnuck inand builta
roaring fire.