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Physical Education Tips from the Trenches
Create a game of "possum tag" — it would be fun and a teachable- moment
activity: Object of the game: to avoid having to "play possum" by steering clear of
danger — the tagger. How to play: Five taggers are chosen, and the rest try to
avoid ...
Charmain Sutherland,
2002
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An Arkful of Animals: Poems for the Very Young
WILLIAM JAY SMITH Have you ever in your life seen a Possum play possum?
Have you ever in your life seen a Possum play dead? When a Possum is trapped
and can't get away He turns up his toes and lays down his head, Bats both his ...
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The Dialect of Modernism: Race, Language, and ...
When, in the course of a quarrel with Lady Rothermere about the Criterion,
Pound advised his ruffled friend to play possum, he did so, appropriately, in
dialect: "Dear ole Son. You jus set and hev a quiet draw at youh cawn-kob" (EL, p
. 590).
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The Prince of
Possum Walk
It is a pouched mammal or marsupial called formally an opossum, but colloquially
called a possum (technically possums are only native to Australia and a few other
places in Asia). If threatened it will “play possum” as if dead and stay that way ...
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Possum, and Other Receits for the Recovery of "Southern" Being
The teeth we show are no longer that smile used to play possum; the words we
say are more direct, with less of the deliberate ricochet of humor. We Southerners
have various names for those unfortunates who take accident for substance in ...
“For example,” he said, “Someone being attacked by a bear is often advised not
to run, but to drop to the ground and play dead—to play possum. The bear will
often lose interest and walk away.” Since Bullette was inside the house late at
night ...
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Phraseology and Culture in English
Australians use play possum in the same sense, but have coined their own
counterversion of it with the phrase stir the possum*, meaning 'liven things up'.
This usage, Similes and other evaluative idioms in Australian English 239.
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Playing
Possum: The Tale of the River Card, Round I
This was the flop that the River Card needed, and it married up perfectly with the
suited jack-queen that he was holding in the pocket. The River Card was staring
at a royal flush. The only thing left to do was play possum, get the pot up, and ...
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101 Favorite
Play Therapy Techniques
I knew this was a successful technique when the fifth grade students requested to
Play Possum every year, which, of course, we did. DESCRIPTION Materials A
possum puppet or picture of possum Large rubberband Balloon Tape of relaxing
...
Heidi Kaduson, Charles Schaefer,
2010
You play 'possum by pretending to be asleep when you really are not. Lay your
head back, close your eyes, don't move, and breathe slowly. That is “playing '
possum.” Maybe if you play 'possum, Dad or Mom will carry you into the house
after ...
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TALES FROM THE TOOLBOX: A split second of uncommon valor
With only two of his men remaining, he ordered them to play possum in hopes of fooling the enemy and it seemed to be working. Almost as an ... «Newbritainherald, 七月 15»
What to Do If You Get Pulled Over by a Cop
However as the wiseman, Mu says when faced with a difficult situation it is best to play possum. Even if your rights have been violated, you're ... «India Currents, 七月 15»
Hardship forces MH17 victim's son to sell home, Malaysia Airlines …
Let's see if they can play possum in court which is what this case is all about. Everyone should know that if they fly MA and they get killed, MA ... «Stuff.co.nz, 七月 15»
MH17 victim's son forced to sell family home, Malaysia Airlines legal …
Let's see if they can play possum in court which is what this case is all about. Everyone should know that if they fly MA and they get killed, MA ... «The Age, 七月 15»
You are trying to trip up the Bar - Simelane told
"Do you believe you should co-operate and that you cannot simply play possum... that you can't lie back and have... [the Bar] prove the charges ... «News24, 七月 15»
Employees 'playing possum' – A HR message
The people who know to 'play possum' are the one easily reap success than those who adopt the strategy of either 'flee' or 'fend'. Only due to ... «The Hans India, 七月 15»
Stephens Goes Back in Time to KO Bermudez
... playing possum, UFC should look into the rules of letting a fighter play possum. I don't think Bermudez was and that was a really great fight! «UFC, 七月 15»
Des Moines Metro Opera deals with animal surprises on stage
"Did it want to play possum? I don't know. They're just high-strung." The goat never passed out on stage — "It rose to the occasion," Horowitz ... «Albany Times Union, 七月 15»
Animals produce, ahem, 'surprises' onstage
"Did it want to play possum? I don't know. They're just high-strung." The goat never passed out on stage — "It rose to the occasion," Horowitz ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, 六月 15»
Scary King Cricket Is a Beautiful Example of Evolution At Its Best
They can also kick, bite and scratch, or play possum when all else fails. These predator avoidance tactics are also called on when the lonely ... «AllAfrica.com, 六月 15»