I prefer plastic ends to metal because the metal ones tend to rust if they get damp. |
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She stepped into the bathroom, still damp from the steam of the hot shower, and a waft of rose scent filled her nostrils. |
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The wall plate supporting the ground floor structure was not isolated from the damp walls and was, itself, damp. |
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Garlic Mustard, sometimes known as Jack-by-the-Hedge, is a common perennial. It is often found in hedgerows and likes damp woodland. |
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Heavy infestations of acarid mites indicate that storage conditions are too damp or dusty. |
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Anyway, we eventually got the very damp wood burning and enough heat in the fire to produce tea and jaffles. |
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The bag was beginning to lose its resistance, and so the box was a little warped where the damp had seeped through. |
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Once you've established that the car runs acceptably, try all electric functions to make sure they haven't been affected by damp. |
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While the paint is still damp, I drop blobs of brown paint onto the wet wash, creating a random spotted pattern. |
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If washable paper you may be able to wipe off with a sudsy sponge, followed by damp sponge. |
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If the sheets have cooled, throw a damp washcloth in the dryer and resume drying for 10 more minutes. |
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There is no shower on the space shuttle, and so astronauts use a damp sponge or washcloth and soaps that do not need to be rinsed off. |
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The house smelt of damp, the baths were old-fashioned and there wasn't an endless supply of hot water. |
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Seals and seams are known to be less than watertight, and many divers make do with damp suits rather than drysuits. |
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Turning back, I let Charles lead the way, laughing along with him and feeling the chilly wind on my damp skin. |
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Finally, the quires of pages are bound between two wooden covers and the spine is tied with damp leather. |
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Cloud and water vapour may tend to damp down the effects of increased greenhouse gases, or they may act to magnify such effects. |
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Last week's cold snap will exacerbate problems, making flat batteries, frozen radiators and damp electrical systems all the more likely. |
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The Inspectorate's report required rusty radiators, flaking paint, brittle water pipes, damp and floor defects to be fixed within three months. |
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It is inside the green cells of spinach leaves and the damp flesh of apples. |
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The whole atmosphere was joyful and peaceful even in damp miserable conditions. |
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On the inner elements, it is necessary for the tape to adhere to the surface in order to damp out vibrations. |
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Rainy season really started with a vengeance today, so the walk to the station was a little damp as it was raining and humid. |
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When I returned, I neglected to remove them, having adjusted to damp sandals. |
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I think it was this weekend when I woke up to discover that my futon was actually damp, wet through from my sweating into it during the night. |
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He whinges, he moans, but when push comes to launch, it's always Craig who wriggles into his damp wettie and makes it look sweet. |
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He is currently taking antibiotics due to a bout of jungle fever brought on by the damp conditions. |
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The curtains by the ranchslider in the video don't show any sign of damp or mould. |
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Q You don't know that calcimining in closets where it is damp, sometimes changes the entire color? |
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A plaintive whinny echoed from a damp, narrow cave as we edged unsteadily through the entrance. |
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Her voice was flat and emotionless as she shut her eyes again, feeling cool hands and then a damp cloth on her forehead. |
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The Kilbracken family home was damp and dilapidated and the estate neglected, its sole stock consisting of one aged cow. |
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Both fabrics wick perspiration away from your skin while natural fibers like cotton and wool tend to get damp and clammy with sweat. |
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But often I grazed fields like this one, searching for silverweed, wild garlic, cress in the damp corners. |
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The seaboard of Capernaum in which Peter dwelt is said by travelers to be a peculiarly damp, marshy, aguish, feverish place. |
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Second, we have just one clothes airer, and one spot to stand it, fully laden with damp clothes dripping on each other. |
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I patted his neck, which was damp with sweat, and loosened my hold on the reins. |
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I recall finding wineberries growing in damp shade in a small park in northeast Georgia, but never considered growing them here. |
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Brush lightly with egg wash, cover with a damp cloth, and set aside to proof until double in volume, about 30 minutes. |
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The manufacturers believe toilet-goers find a damp wipe used in conjunction with normal dry paper leaves them feeling fresher and cleaner. |
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On those same dark and damp days, the light-sensing headlamps and rain-sensitive wipers kick in without touching the controls. |
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Wood floors must be adequately protected from damp and soft timbers can be easily gouged by heels, chair legs and animal claws. |
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Outside it is cold, and thin wisps of fog are unwinding along the damp length of Baker Street. |
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He said it took the two crews ten minutes to fight the fire with foam and ten minutes to damp the car down with water. |
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She woke, damp with morning dew, coated in a light covering of mud and grime. |
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Do not store in the bathroom, near the kitchen sink, or in other damp places. |
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However, if the damp problem has been rectified by correct installation of the stainless-steel flue, there is no need to seal the wall. |
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The leaves, having fragmented under foot are now going into a damp, clingy phase. |
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The forest was damp and smelled the way Henry figured a deer would smell, all woodsy and the like. |
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There was no central heating and the house was riddled with woodworm and damp. |
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She shivered and began to pull up the thin, tattered and worn-out blanket over her head, while the cold damp air tickled her feet. |
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Christmas too has been a damp squib for the merchants and businesses as people rethink and re-evaluate their priorities. |
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Many devastated householders are now trying to sort out homes that are at best damp and at worst in need of serious building work. |
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When the front garden is flooded, the water reaches the brickwork of the walls of the house both below and above the level of the damp course. |
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Construction is of reinforced concrete and is carefully detailed to avoid the main problem of the area, which is of course not damp but dust. |
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Concomitant development of a long tail would be important to damp lateral oscillation and control yaw associated with pelvic paddling. |
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Meantime, relieve the pain by applying a warm, damp cloth to your eyelid 10 minutes, four times a day. |
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Often it's as simple as damp mopping with a solution of ammonia and water and rinsing to remove oils, makeup, or other substances. |
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Evelyn sat, tears streaming down her cheeks and forming a damp pool on the lap of her gown. |
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I've spotted a grubby fingerprint on the window and I can't concentrate until I've zapped it with a bottle of Dettox and a damp cloth. |
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Remove the outer brick leaf to damp proof course level and rebuild the walling, ensuring the wall ties are inserted in the correct positions. |
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It chews its feet throughout the interview, leaving a damp doggy stain on the carpet. |
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Store cameras and lenses in padded cases and, in very damp environments, in locking plastic bags or even underwater housings. |
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In damp, warm, poorly ventilated areas, surface mold often develops on wooden parts of buildings. |
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The situation is not helped by the fact that the mist is making the court damp and slippy. |
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It appears that all is fixed and now we have damp, smelly clothes to rewash and a damp, smelly room to sleep in until everything dries out. |
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Keep the icing in a bowl, covered with a damp paper towel and a layer of plastic wrap. |
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There is no shivering in the cold, no fear of getting chilled, no danger of rheumatics from sitting on damp grass. |
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On the nose, there is surprisingly little fruit, just a damp earthiness, and yet on the palate there is a burst of exotic fruit such as lychees. |
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In the village the fields were being turned, and men and women worked in the damp soil from light to dusk. |
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Can you see high hills dappled in snow from your apartment or damp basement flat? |
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The dogs which but a short while ago had been barking and howling were silent, and a thick, damp mist was rising up from the hollow. |
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Recent projects in Mexico and Nova Scotia have used gravel-filled bags as foundations for straw-bale walls to minimize rising damp. |
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Yet for the past 20 years or more the building has steadily decayed, plagued by dry rot, a leaking roof, rising damp and vandalism. |
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Without the damp course the house, when completed, is not fit for human habitation because of rising damp. |
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Cash is available as home repair assistance or as a renovation grant to repair dangerous electrical wires, collapsing ceilings and rising damp. |
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Her blue jeans were beginning to grow damp and she longed for the feel of dry clothes and a warm blanket. |
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And one part of unusual experience was the slapping of cold damp gherkins onto my mush. |
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A roller is used to apply ink to the surface, which adheres to the drawn lines, but is repelled by the rest of the damp surface. |
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The music captures the damp chill of the Scottish air and the fog rolling off the moors. |
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I quickly changed out of the white gown, and hung it up to dry, for it was partially damp due to my romp through the snow. |
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In one canvas palace, beautiful people loafed around on pouffes, while those outside had to make do with slightly damp grass. |
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Unlike wood, however, it is completely unaffected by damp, rot, decay, frost or insect attack. |
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The damp, gray beaver State is attracting the most incoming movers of any other state, according to a new survey. |
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A 75-year-old pensioner has been forced to sleep on a settee every night, as rising damp ravages through her council home, seeping from the walls and saturating her bed. |
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But it proved to be a damp squib and an anticlimax if ever there was one. |
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Her voice chilled him farther than her hands did, hissing like dried ice and dying smoke as it wreathed over his head and sucked into his mouth and clung damp to his lungs. |
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Carlos hit the ball so hard that gravity never had a chance to damp down the aerodynamic motion. |
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I led him to his bed and went to fetch a damp washcloth to wipe his face. |
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Next, rub cuticles with a warm, damp washcloth in a gentle way. |
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Members of the genus Cryptocercus are subsocial, xylophagous cockroaches that inhabit damp, decaying logs of temperate forests in the Palearctic and Nearctic. |
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She uses the damp washer to wipe her face and head to cool her down. |
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Evan's mom came back with, like she said, a damp washrag and a bandaid. |
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The humidity had him feeling like a damp washrag by the time Sam wriggled his way through the vines and over clumps of rocks, fallen coconuts, and other debris. |
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Wipe you baby's gums with a damp washcloth after each feeding. |
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She felt something damp on her head, wiping away the dirt and the blood. |
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Whatever approach you take, when you're feeling even slightly queasy, the fresh air and steadier view on deck is preferable to being down below in a damp, stuffy cabin. |
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A harsh wind blew in from the wastelands, cutting through the damp concrete walls and sending the temperature in the cell down another few degrees. |
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Severe weather caused disruption to travel and sporting fixtures yesterday as the New Year got off to a damp start and forecasters predicted no let-up for the next 24 hours. |
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The paper was too damp, or the ink too sticky, or the gods too angry or something, and it stuck solidly to the acetate that I was printing it from. |
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Take the pot and place it on a damp surface for a few minutes to free up the crust. |
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The interior of the cave, pierced by apertures giving onto the sea and by a sort of skylight open to the heavens, reflects a light of mist and water on its damp walls. |
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This renders it damp enough to work with, but not wringing wet. |
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With me tagging along, they dove into a rudimentary, damp shelter they had dug in a wood nearby. |
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It insists on efficiency standards for household appliances so that your towels come out of the dryer refreshingly cool and damp. |
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Jaffles can be prepared in advance, covered and kept in refrigerator until required. It is best to clean your sandwich maker while still hot with a damp cloth. |
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Borrowers should have a comprehensive structural survey carried out to minimise the risk of discovering rising damp or subsidence when it is too late. |
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The mouth of the pig is open and she sees a row of small wet teeth as the head moves round towards her and there is something damp, like rheum, on both its cheeks. |
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Sheppards House is one of those labyrinthine '60s blocks where the steps are always damp and you can live next to your neighbours for years without ever bumping into them. |
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The atmosphere is heavy with the scents of a dark corner of the garden or even of the inside of one of the sheds, all damp wood and dried flower heads. |
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Instead, I stayed in a bed-and-breakfast kind of place near the sea, so near that everything in it felt damp all the time. |
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It's cold and disappointingly damp in London for the great Jubilee river pageant today, in contrast to the recent heatwave. |
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On the other hand, if your armpits get sweaty and damp when it's hot, try using a better deodorant or antiperspirant, and also remember to keep your arms nice and low. |
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During the day, leatherjackets mostly stay underground, but on damp, warm nights they come to the surface to feed on the aboveground parts of many plants. |
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She managed to stay mostly dry, but the cuffs of her pants were damp. |
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The house has recently been replumbed, rewired and damp proofed, and the sale will include all fitted carpets and all light fixtures and fittings. |
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Place the stack of phyllo dough sheets on a cutting board and cover it with a slightly damp towel. |
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A Astilbes love very damp soils and will reward you with feathery plumes of flowers every year in shades of pink, white, red and purple. |
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The soil is heavy and cold and often damp enough to rot off the emerging leaf bud before it can break the surface. |
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Rabbling damp fluxes into the metal or plunging them deep beneath the surface could potentially cause a violent steam explosion. |
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Outside a late-autumn storm was building and the air in the room was damp. |
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The spine-chilling saga of a young divorcee struggling to raise her daughter in a rancidly damp flat oozes atmosphere. |
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Hostas, ferns, Astilbes and Gunneras all love damp soils as do willows, Eucalyptus, alder and Liquidamber. |
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Cataleya's archnemesis and the entire reason for her revenge spree, Don Luis, is a damp squib and then some. |
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On all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water. |
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She stole the movie from Meg Ryan, anyway, whose cheerleaderish cuteness she chewed up and spit back at her like a mouthful of damp pom-pom. |
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Things are shoved into it sooty and steaming to get them out of the way, and it soon gets damp and crocky beyond all hope of purification. |
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Though Travis's 'Why does it always Rain on Me' boomed around the stands, there were few damp spirits in Galway on day two of the races. |
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Sincerest apologies from Everest, which admits that a damp course was, by an extraordinary oversight, not included. |
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He knew why the building was so damp. Its damp courses were defective and it was built on top of the tank stream. |
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The apartment felt damp, and the paint on the walls was beginning to flake off. |
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The fontinal cliff vegetation occupies moist rocky banks, damp ledges, and dripping rocks. |
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These birds mainly occupy dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, marshes or rivers. |
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They are carnivorous and, because they feed on slugs and worms, they can often be found in long grass and other damp environments. |
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Outside the breeding season, common frogs live a solitary life in damp places near ponds or marshes or in long grass. |
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Joan recognized her as the girl whose son had sissied on her pants. She was still dabbing at her pantleg with a damp paper towel. |
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It is found in damp meadows, field edges, parks, gardens, woods and stone piles. |
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Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use, all of which require damp acid soil in shade. |
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Middens with damp, anaerobic conditions can even preserve organic remains in deposits as the debris of daily life are tossed on the pile. |
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Within two hundred years, the red granite has drastically deteriorated in the damp and polluted air there. |
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Raw linseed oil is not suited to boats as it stays damp and oily for a long time. |
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The liquid inside the capsule serves to damp the movement of the needle, reducing oscillation time and increasing stability. |
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Furthermore, matchlocks were vulnerable to humid or rainy conditions as the powder would become damp. |
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One damp piece of paper was then taken from a heap of paper and placed on the tympan. |
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The early strength of the concrete can be increased if it is kept damp during the curing process. |
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The Tunnel appears to be well ventilated, as the air seemed neither damp nor close. |
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Coal miners described two types of gases, one called the choke damp and the other fire damp. |
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However, organic material in lime will degrade in damp environments particularly on damp external renders. |
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Excess water is then removed and the wet mat of fibre laid on top of a damp cloth. |
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The fairly damp fibre is then dried using a variety of methods, such as vacuum drying or simply air drying. |
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Mosses are small flowerless plants that typically grow in dense green clumps or mats, often in damp or shady locations. |
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Mosses are also found in cracks between paving stones in damp city streets, and on roofs. |
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In cool damp cloudy climates, all sides of tree trunks and rocks may be equally damp enough for mosses. |
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This grows in abundance in the damp Dartmoor conditions, and is said to have healing properties. |
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He had a round head as bare as a knee, a corpse's button nose, and very white, very limp, very damp hands adorned with rutilant gems. |
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The sand is cold beneath our bare feet and the dunes damp and spicy with marram grass and saltbush. |
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A damp mist filled the room and the musty-coloured books that lined the walls were bathed in eerie sea-light. |
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A project that has been covered in joint compound may be smoothed while it is still damp. |
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German scientists have developed a new hi-tech lacquer that they claim spells an end to fogged-up automobile windshields on damp mornings. |
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Those without allergies may notice a damp, stale smell each time the aircon is switched on. |
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Yet another man, capturing ripe lungfuls of damp air, said he felt like a complete dumb savage. |
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Winters are generally cool, cloudy and damp with little temperature variation. |
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Napoleon confined himself for months on end in his damp and wretched habitation of Longwood. |
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Also in March, the Shelleys moved with Claire and Alba to Albion House at Marlow, Buckinghamshire, a large, damp building on the river Thames. |
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Line three disposable meat trays with damp paper towels and pour red, black, or white tempera paint into each tray. |
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The medtech intercepted Rett's hand before it made contact with her face and shoved something cold and damp into it. |
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Button was the first to come in for slick tyres on a damp but drying track, which lifted him to second place after the other drivers had pitted. |
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Working in damp and cold conditions often is inevitable, although ships try to avoid severe storms while at sea. |
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Tierra del Fuego is extremely wet in the west, relatively damp in the south, and dry in the north and east. |
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Diatoms are a widespread group and can be found in the oceans, in fresh water, in soils, and on damp surfaces. |
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Rabbits were out on silflay, and fat spiders hung motionless in the centre of damp webs. |
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Others, such as woodlice, lay their eggs on land, albeit in damp conditions. |
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To counteract overheating, many species cool off by flipping sand onto their backs, adding a layer of cool, damp sand that enhances heat loss. |
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Cloudy and damp days are common during the cooler months of October through March. |
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In the absence of humans, brown rats prefer damp environments, such as river banks. |
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The weather is damp relatively frequently and is changeable. |
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In the cool cloudy damp Pacific Northwest, moss is sometimes allowed to grow naturally as a lawn substitute, one that needs little or no mowing, fertilizing or watering. |
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The tiny black seeds germinate in response to moisture and light, while seeds of temperate species also require cold, damp, stratification to germinate. |
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The shells are just 0.04 inch long and were found on a karst formation where conditions are damp, but the snails that inhabit them have yet to be observed. |
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It was taken out of use due to structural problems and damp and is now maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust, although the building has been stabilised and made safe. |
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Another popular mistake is to rotovate when the soil is still quite damp. |
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Astilbes produce their fluffy flower plumes in early Summer and are best suited to damp ground and some shade, such as the edge of a pond or bog garden. |
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Making Rosberg's lap even more remarkable was that he had a deflating rear tyre and the track was still slightly damp from the rain that hit the circuit during the day. |
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It has hot summers with moderate or light rainfall and cool, damp winters. |
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I USED this oil, as suggested, on damp hair before blow-drying and my mid-to-tip hairs felt smoother and well-tamed, without being heavy or greasy. |
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Many of the cells there still show hollows licked into the stone walls, as prisoners had only the damp and moss on these stones to sustain themselves. |
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The paper was damp as this lets the type 'bite' into the paper better. |
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Southeasterly damp winds spring up between July and October. |
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My wife. Daphne. Yes, that was, is, her name. For some reason people have always found it faintly comic. I think it matches very well her damp, dark, myopic beauty. |
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Place wonton wrappers on work surface and cover with damp kitchen towel. |
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Placing the eggs in a sweaterbox, on plastic egg crating and over damp perlite, provides the necessary humidity without the danger of direct contact with moisture. |
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Crouching down on the damp leafy forest floor we find a lawyer's wig. |
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In practice, lime mortars are often protected from direct sunlight and wind with damp hessian sheeting or sprayed with water to control the drying rates. |
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His clothes were only a little damp, despite the undry weather. |
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They were attracted by the easy access for boats, sheltered areas of raised land for building, and better conditions compared to the damp, cold and misty Weald to the north. |
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In very damp climates, it is a legitimate alternative to drying hay completely and when processed properly, the natural fermentation process prevents mold and rot. |
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Well, the ride is now much more fidgety at the back with no load to damp it down and, to be honest, has little or no advantage over good old fashioned leaf springs. |
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Apply it 10 minutes before bed, then remove with a warm, damp washcloth. |
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Wiping a baby's mouth after each feeding with a damp washcloth or brushing children's teeth with fluoride toothpaste if age appropriate are also key preventative measures. |
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Massed moss protonemata typically look like a thin green felt, and may grow on damp soil, tree bark, rocks, concrete, or almost any other reasonably stable surface. |
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He had in his possession a leather pouch containing a damp wash leather. |
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After a 227-day drought ending with December temperatures above 90, a polar air mass collided with a wave of damp tropical air, condensed it in seven days of cloudburst. |
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Members of the Rubus genus tend to have a brittle, porous core and an oily residue along the stalk which makes them ideal to burn, even in damp climates. |
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Fungal mycelia can become visible to the naked eye, for example, on various surfaces and substrates, such as damp walls and spoiled food, where they are commonly called molds. |
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