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Lightly Goes the Good News
“What control!” another mused. “Self-contained, I'd say,” proposed yet another.
And there were more games to play. More affairs, more marriages. But always the
same script. “You want to play for keeps?” “Oh, yes, yes. For keeps. By all means.
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Them's Funny Looking Catfish
Our teachers did not allow us to play for keeps on the school ground, and our
parents frowned on it too. They wanted us to play for fun, retuming all of the
marbles to their original owners. If we were feeling particularly rebellious and
wanted to ...
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Tell It Again: A Collection of Poems, Musings and Children's ...
Without givingme a chance to respond, she would continue, “How many times
haveI told you not to play for keeps?” Finally, Iwould blurtout, “But Junior wants to
play for keeps.” Playing marbles for keeps was gamblingas far as mama was ...
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Speak Like Singing: Classics of Native American Literature
June wants to know what's happening, where's the party — she's hungry, road-
weary, lonely, game to play for keeps, and loses her life skidding out of Andy's
pickup into a spring blizzard. Here, June gains the novel's laurel as familial muse.
Bobby found a stick and drew a circle on the ground. “Want to play for keeps?” he
asked. “I don't know. Mom doesn't like it when I play for keeps.” “Aw, you just say
that because you're afraid I'll win all your marbles.” “Do not!” Io felt her face get ...
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English idioms
for Spanish speakers
... play possum) 67 to play dumb 211 to play down the merit of 211 to play fast
and loose 94 to play for keeps 146 to play hard to get 124 to play havoc with 127
to play hooky 135 to play host 136 to play it safe 236 to play one's role 23 1 to
play ...
Eugene Savaiano, Lynn W. Winget,
2007
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The Way Things Were at Crooked Run
Therefore, we weren't allowed to play for keeps. We loved to go swimming and
knew little of swimming pools and couldn't afford one, anyway. Some nearby
towns had one. Ours did not, so we would go to the Hoopee. In the hot summer
time, ...
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Tales, Quips & Quotes and Poems
For example, to play for “all the marbles” and to “grab dates and run” as well as to
“play for keeps,” “overs” and “slips” may be legacies of mig self-indulgence.
Playing for fun was scorned in our neighborhood. “Keeps” was forbidden but ...
It comes a few days before the season begins in early October and usually
involves six or seven players who are right on the bubble but don't quite make it.
After that's done, the teams get ready to play for keeps. What a Coach Does
during the ...
John Davidson, John Steinbreder,
2011
I wanted to play for keeps. Mark his face at dawn, Draw his hand to mine, and
myself into his arms to dance at dusty feet. I could have played rough. I wanted to
play for keeps. The dogs in the wilderness guard unbroken bones.......and life ...
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OBF: Brady, Patriots Ready to Play for Keeps
Not that Brady had anything to play for Friday night. He could have thrown 10 interceptions and it would have carried less impact in New England than Jackie ... «Boston.com, 八月 14»