10 АНГЛІЙСЬКА КНИЖКИ ПОВ'ЯЗАНІ ІЗ «CURTAIN-TWITCHER»
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Diary of a
Curtain Twitcher
John Joiner, an agoraphobic writer, has his secluded routine disturbed by the arrival of a temporary housekeeper, Maria.
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
curtain-twitcher | custard tart curtain-twltcher noun a person who spies on the
comings and goings of the world from behind a curtained window uk • More than
once I had to hop back quickly to avoid being spotted I began to feel like a ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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'Voices from a Blue Box': (Tales from a Black Country Copper)
'Neighbourhood Watch coordinators are just general normal average ordinary
people who are just concerned about crime in their area, but unfortunately
Colonel Blimp was a curtain twitcher, a bit of a 'Billy No- Mates' and the type of
guy who ...
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Dead Men Talking: The Beginning of the Black Light
Down at the point. Do ye not know Violet?' He tutted to himself. 'You young ones..
. she's practically your family. You tell her I'll see her at the whist tomorrow.' And
off he went muttering to himself. So Violet was next to Edith... the curtain twitcher.
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Thursday Nights, Monday Mornings
asked Kevin wondering why he even wanted to know, but there was something
about working in the Lloyd's market which turned the most disinterested person
into a nosey curtain twitcher. “No. Bad luck for Carolyn,” said Shauna. “She's
going ...
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
Curtain twitcher A person who is obsessively interested in the activities of their
neighbours.* Cushion the blow Something that 'cushions the blow' reduces the
pain or unpleasantness of unwelcome information (e.g. 'news that she had been
...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
I imagine such ignorance plays heavily on the mind of the curtain-twitcher as he
sits in front of his electric fire. Danny and I wave at him and hurl what he might
interpret as abuse, grinning psychotically up at his polished window. Do we care
...
Samuel Robertspeglerpegler, 2011
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The Corpse with the Golden Nose
Ah-ha—the Curtain-Twitcher ofAnen Close. Bud was immediately engaged. “
She's mine alright. This is her first Big Trip. Took a bit of a beating from the bugs,
though.” “Yep, that'll happen on the Coquihalla Highway,” replied Gordy Wiser ...
„What about the curtain twitcher?‟ „Fuck ‟em!‟ With that she pulled him closer
and kissed him again, longer and even more passionately than last time. „Right,
that kiss will probably mean that both my parents have probably had heart attacks
...
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Life on Air: A History of Radio Four
family life productively 'before I turned into a lonely old net curtain twitcher'. 31 As
to the kind of problems she would have to discuss in her new role, in comparison
with what was evidently going on in California, the initial plans for If You Think ...
НОВИНИ ІЗ ТЕРМІНОМ «CURTAIN-TWITCHER»
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curtain-twitcher вживається в контексті наступних новин.
The things you learn by being a curtain-twitcher
The things you learn by being a curtain-twitcher. ELICIA MURRAY. Last updated 05:00, May 4 2015. "While I'm happy to play nosy parker, I'm rather fond. iStock. «Stuff.co.nz, Травень 15»
When old big mama comes to the rescue in China
... as a particularly noxious form of curtain-twitcher, hardly better than spies (though who needs laodama to snoop when the People's Liberation ... «Financial Times, Червень 14»
£30 a year to park outside your own home in Kirklees: your reaction …
“I don't want to be a curtain-twitcher but it's all about fairness,” he said. Kirklees Council says it will generate £160,000 a year from permit ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Лютий 14»
Ed Miliband fails to find TUC's erogenous zone
Unprimed it sounded like posh curtain-twitcher's gossip from Notting Hill, where everyone's curtains come from the Osborne family's upmarket ... «The Guardian, Вересень 13»
MoS Diary: Adele spends it like Beckham with a £5m pad
'She moved in a couple of months ago,' says a curtain-twitcher. 'She has renovated the whole place and has even installed bulletproof ... «Daily Mail, Червень 13»
MoS DIARY: Mr Darcy's looking for an eligible country estate
'Colin looked at a place in the village,' says a curtain-twitcher. 'In the end he decided not to buy as it wasn't to his taste. Mariella lives nearby in ... «Daily Mail, Лютий 13»
Viewpoint: Poverty is a state of mind
Annie Glasgow, a constant and reliable curtain-twitcher, knew full well what would happen. She rushed over to where I was choking, untangled ... «BBC News, Листопад 12»
Harriet Walker: Sorry Valérie Trierweiler, you are cast as the femme …
As a journalist and curtain-twitcher, I appreciate the succulence of this particular backstory; what goes on upstairs from, and next door to, the ... «The Independent, Травень 12»
Call for alerts (and fewer tickets) on street sweeping
And for what it's worth, as a curtain-twitcher I often move my car to the prohibited side directly after the sweeper passes and — again in twenty ... «Berkeleyside, Жовтень 11»
