Students then jackknife their legs even closer to their bodies to the rhythm of a driving beat. |
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In a reflex action the body cuts the supply of blood to the arms and legs preventing swimming, and people then sink and drown. |
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His legs took a few tentative steps into the room, the sound of his boots on the soft wood absurdly loud in his ears. |
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Hold your thighs flat against the padded surface and slowly begin to curl your lower legs up as far as possible. |
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I lie flat on the floor and, with my legs straight, I raise my feet about six inches. |
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She hesitated then sat down in the chair beside him, tucking an afghan over her legs and finding a book to read. |
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It's odd to see Ellis and Glover lined up with two hands on the ground, legs spread and feet even, more like sumos than sprinters. |
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The rata trees in flower, the birds, the brushing of wet fern against my bare legs as I climbed over ridges on rainy days, chasing wild pigs. |
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Although they have two small eyes, whip scorpions rely on their first pair of legs to help feel their way around. |
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Alison ran over to Rachel and saw the slash wounds she had on her legs from the leather whip and the bullet wound in her shoulder. |
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All those long, languorous movements, eyes locked, bodies welded at the breast, legs entwining whew! |
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Trouser legs are down to ankles and kaftans are girded with a long piece of rope. |
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Realizing this, she wheeled around and threw her aching, exhausted legs into a run, stopping only to throw herself into Alain's arms. |
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It is similar to a xylophone but in the shape of a dancing woman, with arms and legs jutting out from the body of the instrument. |
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I also saw a sandy colored cat with long legs and a short tail that I think was a jungle cat. |
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The Steiffe range has adorable teddy bear motifs down the legs of the shorts, or the arms of tops and as a logo on T-shirts. |
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This is nasty rain, where an umbrella or full on rainproof outerwear is required, and the first 8 inches of your pant legs will get wet. |
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They were barreling along much like monkeys, swinging their legs forward then their arms, hissing and screeching the entire time. |
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With a barrel of gunpowder between your legs its difficult to recall the details of your past. |
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Tristyn screamed and jolted upward and moved her legs in a quick manner in an attempt to escape as quickly as possible. |
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Renae jolted her leg forward at him, kicking Trent's legs crossed on the floor. |
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There may be weight loss from the upper body, while the legs stay as they were. |
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Lee nodded and ran out, forcing his legs to move fast even though they felt as if they were weighted down with lead. |
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Her legs were throbbing and the pack on her back was so weighted down with water that it had caused her shoulders and spine to ache. |
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Dustin, now panicking, kicked his legs and cupped his hands, and started to swim downstream. |
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Let your arms swing naturally and in rhythm with your legs and loosely cup your hands. |
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I always liked chimney climbing, wedging my body, arms and legs inside narrow walls and inching upward. |
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We'd just spent four hours traipsing around Taunton and, despite two stops for coffee and several rests, my back and legs were giving me gyp. |
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But, although I jib slightly at the supernatural Skellig's curative powers and the sentimental conclusion, the story has legs as well as wings. |
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I bet if my legs just happened to fall off, I probably wouldn't even notice, I thought acridly as I scrambled to retrieve my books. |
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His legs were deeply lacerated, but his life was saved when a stranger managed to pluck him from the waters. |
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You could always tell where she'd been in the school, you just followed the red weals on the legs of the kids. |
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All larvae that were rejected after an attack were alive as determined by movements of legs and jet propulsion. |
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Postal workers are so fed up with dogs cocking their legs on the town's main postbox that the Royal Mail is threatening to remove it. |
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I started to feel very weak and wobbly and my legs gave way beneath me and I collapsed. |
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Before anyone could reach me, my legs gave way and I collapsed onto the floor. |
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Lactate, your body's buffering agent, neutralizes the acid that builds up in your legs and makes them burn during heavy exertion. |
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I exercise, I have good hygiene, I try to wear what flatters me, I even went so far as to get my legs waxed and my hair done. |
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All the muscles in my legs are aching, some six hours after finishing, which can't be good. |
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My knees ache, my legs are in a tangle, and every inch of my untoned body feels as if it has been put through a vigorous exercise routine. |
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My back was aching, my legs were going nerve-dead, and every last bit of energy in me was drained. |
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Finding that her legs had suddenly developed the consistency of jello, she leaned on Rune for support again as she tried to speak. |
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They found that the water strider's legs are so buoyant, they can support 15 times the insect's weight without it sinking. |
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Miranda models an endless parade of skimpy cossies, making us all well jel of her ridiculously long legs and perfectly bronzed skin. |
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Whereas arms and legs have more muscles than segments, the jaws and tongues of anurans are composed of relatively few muscles. |
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My white socks grew grubby as the backs of my legs were japped with muddy water. |
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Using the same cloth washcloth for the whole upper body or both legs was not considered recontamination. |
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Power yoga enthusiasts engage the arms, core and legs in a warrior pose, but the foundational elements begin with the feet. |
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Confronted by quicker, strong defensive players, quarterbacks with legs have a better opportunity to find ways to make plays. |
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Graham, in a Jacky Howe flannel, was sitting hunched with his bony legs drawn up under his chin. |
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The wooden body is derived from models by Piranesi, including the cabriole legs ending in rams' heads on acanthus leaves and cloven-hoof feet. |
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Pan is most often portrayed with the torso of a man, the hooved legs and twisty horns of a wild goat, and the capricious face of a human. |
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She lives with regular dizziness and a constant throbbing pain in her chest and legs because of the pressure on her circulatory system. |
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Below him, Eric made a convulsive wriggle to get his legs around the bottom of the pipe. |
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Jo steeled herself, and with an almighty wrench pulled her legs free of Morgan's vice-like grip. |
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His cloak protected him well enough, but his legs and feet got the worst of it, bleeding profusely over the punctured and brittle skin. |
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Both legs and abstract shapes contribute to an almost painterly overall compositional effect. |
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With his legs finally free, he climbed out of the hole, dropping cigarette ash onto the debris. |
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They check between my legs with a wand that makes a noise. They do all of this in front of other passengers. |
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A team needs a mix of youth and experience, of young legs and knowing minds. |
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He could well claim three legs of the Canterbury quadrella as they have him booked for Number One Gun in the final event. |
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He has some mobility in his legs and can walk with the aid of a walking stick. |
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My torso and legs were neatly tucked underneath a white bed sheet, while my arms were resting above it. |
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This could be due to joint deformities like bow legs and knock knees, which produce a misalignment and overload on one half of the joint. |
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Additional padding has been fitted each side of and above the driver's legs to minimize the risk of leg injury. |
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Upon arriving back at the hive, a bee with pollen-coated legs does a waggly dance for her fellow bees. |
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Inadequate bone formation leads to bending in weight-bearing bones, giving rise to bow legs and knock knees. |
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Her legs were numb and her knees knocked together as she stumbled on the uneven ground. |
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A large, long-necked and long-legged wading bird with pure white plumage, the Great Egret has a long, yellow bill, and dark legs and feet. |
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More advanced students use their abdominals and thigh muscles to keep their legs extended. |
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His teeth were rattling in head, his legs had turned to jelly and his knees were knocking together like castanets. |
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I looked at his red hair and his muscular, hairy legs and decided I wasn't attracted to him. |
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It has three pairs of true legs on the thorax and five pairs of fleshy prolegs on the abdomen. |
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Resolved to fetch another drink, she slowly got up, her legs wobbling only slightly. |
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Your back and hip muscles join in to assist your abs in holding your torso still as your legs move. |
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With no need for locomotion, the arms and legs withered into pencil thin stumps. |
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Turning your legs and feet while keeping your torso facing a different direction is a hard thing to learn. |
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This was all barely registering in Lora's mind as she idly sat, legs close together, on a moist patch of grass in the garden. |
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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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Arms and legs grow stiff in the chilly water, paddling becomes hard, wipeouts and swims brutal. |
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Forcing her legs to comply, she crossed over to the recliner by the window and sat down. |
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They were sprawled nonchalantly, legs akimbo, across the precarious rock pathway that led to my jumping-off point. |
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It showed the twisted remains of a wrecked car, a shattered windshield, and a small body face down, arms and legs wildly akimbo. |
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Return the bird, legs akimbo and without the lid, to the oven for 10 minutes. |
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He lies there, arms and legs akimbo, too stunned to move, to think, to cry. |
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The tower is composed of four arched, wrought-iron legs tapering inward to form a single column that rises to 300 meters, or 986 feet. |
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The legs are salted to pull out excess moisture, then stewed slowly in more duck fat flavoured with herbs. |
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She'd landed on her bottom, legs akimbo, and her long red ringlets of hair had flopped forward, vaulting the crown of her head to hide her eyes. |
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But I can still remember back to when I could dangle my legs out of the shopping cart seat and watch the aisles go by. |
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The yarn and legs of the stockings were furnished by the mill and footed hose and waste material returned. |
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Young men preferred bare legs made possible by wearing short skirts, especially those made from kidskin because of its smooth hairs. |
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Her hair streamed behind her and fanned out like a cloak and her skirts flew up around her slender legs in a tornado of color. |
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Hannah's legs seemed to no longer be able to hold her up, and she fell to the floor, shaking violently. |
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She toke a deep breath and licked her lips before she stood up again and as if by a miracle, her legs were able to hold her weight. |
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York made a lively start with Colin Moore netting a rebound after the ball had bounced back off the keeper's legs from a short corner. |
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Her photo had been so airbrushed, with two ribs removed and legs lengthened, she didn't recognise herself. |
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After he was airbrushed with silver paint, he lay down in the pool for the overhead photo and hooked his legs around an aluminum pool rail. |
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Ultimately, one of the dog's hind legs shoots up in the air, as its head goes down. |
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Part of me still rebelled, urged my legs to slow down, not to get to the class early. |
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He was wearing a hot pink polo shirt, khaki shorts, and his legs were white as a ghost. |
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But currently at Hanauma Bay, the silvery aholehole swarm in the shallows all day, darting around human legs to catch free food. |
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They are typically graceful, having long legs and horns, and include the eland, wildebeest, gazelle, springbok, hartebeest, impala, etc. |
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I gripped the reins so hard that my mare reared on its hind legs and nearly threw me off. |
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Very spooked, the horse reared on its hind legs and flew out of the stables. |
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The bear reared on its hind legs and tried to swipe its paw down towards Theresa. |
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If you try in any way you can to kick their legs out from under them in the name of tough love, well, you reap what you sow. |
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They fashion a diamond shape between them by spreading their legs slightly and joining the soles of their feet. |
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Her legs were slightly wobbly, but she guessed that was what she got for going to bed on nothing but medication and a martini. |
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Crying out in pain, Dawn broke free from the kiss and on wobbly legs moved away from Nikolas. |
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What happens when the football stops, when those 35-year-old legs give up the pretence and start acting their age? |
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Powerful legs lifted Copperhead off the ground as 7.62 mm rounds whizzed by, narrowly missing their targets. |
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On hot days, these white trash members usually drive around with their legs hanging out the window for reasons I'm still not exactly sure of. |
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Alaina reached her hands down to her legs and unbuckled the clasps on her boots, letting them fall to the floor. |
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Unwittingly she slumped in the chair, her legs stretched out, and reached her hands out towards the fire for a bit of warmth. |
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He nodded and reached his hand out as I sat down between his outstretched legs and leaned back against his chest. |
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The European white stork has a red bill and legs and is regarded as a good omen. |
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Then it moved towards the exit from the chamber, tail lashing and legs growing firmer and firmer the faster it walked. |
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Be sure that the angle cut at the end of the legs are flat against the bottom of the table top. |
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I just wrapped my arms and legs round a handy railing and held tight. |
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Walnut center and refectory tables generally had single-plank tops supported by lyre-shaped legs and iron stretchers, the latter a Spanish legacy. |
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Inside, four men are standing in a line across the stage, legs the regulation three feet apart, demonstrating an Olympic standard formation headbang. |
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Now, my legs still burning from the climb up this hill, my face glowing from sun and wind, I decide that a little nap is just what the doctor ordered. |
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If not removed, the eggs are eventually ingested as the horse nuzzles its legs and can cause problems, even death, if the horse isn't given a wormer that kills bots. |
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My ears ache, my legs ache, when I lie down my head fills up with liquid. |
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Holly pointed weakly at the wall, her legs trembling with fear. |
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Your legs feel so weak that you think they won't be able to support you. |
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She kicked out at the man who held her legs and broke free from his grasp. |
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The next minute, my legs went like jelly and the lift doors opened. |
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Scrappers like the foot-tall Jack Russell terrier can hold their own, too, but dogs smaller than that don't have the legs or the hearts to keep up. |
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Lying flat on the back with both legs extended, externally rotate leg. |
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Our legs were beginning to ache so we decided to call it a day. |
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Beads of sweat now covered his forehead, and his arms and legs were clammy. |
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Halfway up the slope Kevin's legs finally gave way and he collapsed. |
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He reportedly told Shearer that he was past it and his legs had gone. |
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Alex tried to slowly rotate her body into a warrior yoga pose, but her legs began to tremble, her arms started flailing and she landed with a splash in the pool. |
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With those legs and that zebra microdress, Michaele might be able to cobble together a second act. |
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Moderation is the key to success when training your legs and glutes. |
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As I forced my exhausted body to exercise, I yelled at my legs like a drill sergeant, demanding five more minutes or one more set. |
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Like us, other guests had hauled their summer clothing out of the cellar, and they paraded around the restaurant, revealing their white legs and knobbly knees. |
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I reckoned acrophobia was part of everyone's make up, more pronounced in some and lying latent in those guys who sat swinging their legs over the skyline of New York. |
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Mum gave us a jiggle of the legs to show us they are working. |
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My legs wobbled slightly, just adjusting to the floor beneath my feet. |
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Now sit balanced on a Swiss ball with your legs extended and toes pointed. |
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He pushed to the side, legs wobbling, and his hands found the door. |
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It feels like someone is chopping up my legs with a machete or burning them with a torch from the inside out. |
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As she approached the ranch house, a little boy about two years old came running out of the house going as fast as his little legs could carry him. |
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He would do a harried married man or an old horse on its last legs or a bop musician named Cool Cees or a whole Italian movie. |
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He sees his bare legs splayed out in front of him, and he sees hot brown pitch poured over them, scalding, clinging to his skin. |
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Robert has already had his arms and legs waxed to remove unwanted hair. |
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Watch a water strider skitter about in staccato bursts, its middle pair of legs doing the rowing and the hind legs steering, its short forelegs ready for catching prey. |
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Skipping sculpts legs and improves agility and coordination. |
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Soon he seemed to have given up all hope of trying to get Pietersen out and be content to deny him runs by bowling at his legs from round the wicket. |
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Sprawled on chaise lounges with their knees high in the air and their legs spread wide. |
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My legs and feet drew a lot of attention, especially my ankles and heels. |
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Around 3am, my spindly legs are beginning to ache from balancing on deck, as we heel with each tack. |
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The swimming instructor reminded the children to kick their legs as they swam. |
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They also suffered swollen legs and feet and achy joints, making them so uncomfortable that a quarter taking growth hormone had their doses reduced during the study. |
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He had skinny legs and bloated ribs fanning from his torso like an accordion strapped to his chest. |
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At a movie place in Acapulco I was at a couple of years ago, the seats reclined, and even with my legs stretched right out, I couldn't reach the seats in front of me. |
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The sea bed was covered by fronds of kelp which swayed to and fro in the water, grabbing our legs as we began our course around the pier's outer edge. |
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Kim Novak's heavy legs were concealed and all logic left on the cutting room floor. |
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She rested her head lightly against that arm, her right arm akimbo, those perfect legs crossed at the ankle, one high-intensity knee aimed at his nose. |
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They lean against the fence, hips jutted out, their legs exposed by scanty pink shorts and skimpy dresses. |
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Season one of OITNB chronicled her clumsy, fumbling attempts to get her legs under her so she could run for safety. |
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Axel then stood, legs akimbo, on the hull, gesturing the team down. |
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But Rubens was merely trying to appeal to wealthy art patrons, who liked their models with thick legs and dimpled derrieres. |
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His long legs stretched well past her barrel which hampered her a bit, but Myrick was an well done rider and did his best to make her journey smooth. |
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Camillus differs from Brutus and Scaevola in his energetic and tense posture, his legs apart, his left arm akimbo, and his right hand grasping the banner high up the pole. |
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So baldly clear is this realization that I might as well be acknowledging that I will never have eight legs and spin a web. |
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When they arrived, the soldiers began disarming the guards and giving aid to the prisoners, whose backs, arms and legs were marked with welts and bruises. |
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The oil rig can be jacked up higher when the hydraulic legs touch the sea floor. |
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His legs became caught in the net, and he was unable to get himself free. |
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The patient is able to move her legs while lying down but has abasia when she stands up. |
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In one of these, Erich put himself in the usual position for an antipodist, which is lying down belly up, with his legs in the air. |
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Plus, her patent leather boots were made of awesome. They made her legs look longer and leaner. |
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For all the horribles that his legs and feet endured, they weren't the root cause of his suffering. |
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Boyles crouched against the wall in puris naturalibus, while Ned wrapped the magician's cape around his bare legs and flagged down the coach. |
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Bruno's legs buckled, and he took a big step back, inadvertently stepping off the ring apron. |
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A crash at the 1969 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen broke both his legs and interrupted his career. |
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So far, of active drivers, Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson have won all three legs of the Triple Crown, but not all three in the same year. |
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Matches are contested over legs rather than sets, presenting the prospect of some surprising results and upsets. |
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At the tournament, he dropped only three legs in his first three matches before getting lucky in the last 16 against Brendan Dolan. |
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The doctor recrossed his legs and followed her impassive gaze which was fixed on the long bread-knife that suddenly appeared to fill the room. |
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After the large pillars of coal have been mined away, the mobile roof support's legs shorten and it is withdrawn to a safe area. |
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Chairs of wood, the seats triangular, the backs, arms, and legs loaded with turnery. |
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The position of the legs towards the rear of the body means that they walk in a similar way to ducks. |
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Blonde, almost as young, but a lot taller and bosomier and with legs that could wrap around a chaise lounge. |
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Boy howdy, boy howdy, boy howdy! I was buried alive in noise, and the heat and cinders stung my neck and legs and the bottoms of my feet. |
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The wooden bench under me was four stout legs glued to a butcherblock slab. |
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Centipedes differ from millipedes by having a single pair of legs on each body segment. |
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To protect our legs we wore over the trousers heavy leather chaparejos, sometimes of bear or buffalo hide. |
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The tobacco chawer is wiping his neck with a wet bandanna, his legs dangling off the bed of his vehicle. |
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Its short hind legs give a most ungainly gait, though it runs with surprising speed when pursued. Its unearthly howl adds to its despicability. |
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Performing a curiously melancholy, undulating developpe, the dancers point their legs at each other like accusing fingers. |
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The chair and table legs diminished as they neared the ground, and were straight and square in all their corners. |
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With this double-handed frontal horizontal grip the child is held in secure prone position so that its legs can move freely. |
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The white eyeballs and white teeth of the horse, the panting flanks, the rigid legs all stood out eldritchly. |
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Squealing and still propelled by the kick, the calf scrabbled through the forest of legs and into the open. |
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Now, slowly and not to obviously, you cross your legs and give them a quick glance at your little fur-burger. |
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Roberto then took three swings, but did not move his legs or hips, just the arms and wrists-he was merely getting his eye in. |
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There was old Tommy with his back to the dining-room door, his Glengarry awry on his tousled head, and his bandy legs stretched firmly apart. |
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For the defence of the legs were worn a sort of iron boots, called Greeves. |
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I removed the nylon bikinis and spread my legs so she could admire my guiche. |
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I'm a man with a gunt. How do I get rid of it? My legs and arms are in good shape, however. |
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The UK hosts legs of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing, World Rally Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship. |
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In the beheaded frog the legs twitch as fatally when we touch the skin with acid as do a jumping-jack's when we pull the string. |
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It came in between my legs as I propelled kickingly my body backwards looking at them. |
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The bones in their fins eventually evolved into legs and they became the first tetrapods, 390 million years ago, and began to develop lungs. |
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The legs are of the heavy bulbous type common at this time, turned in the cup and cover form, and carved with nullings and acanthus leafwork. |
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It hurt the general to see the limbless veterans who had sacrificed their arms and legs to a senseless war. |
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I preferred the Dutch apple pie, and my waitress for those few years had legs that belonged in the Louvre. |
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This appears in the sky as a series of radial lines much like the legs of a spider. |
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As she sits and plays with Damien, she feels her legs start to tremble from the effort. Her knees seem to disappear. |
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When he complained, Orwell hit him across the legs with a shooting stick and Heppenstall then had to defend himself with a chair. |
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Extending the legs and holding them in the air while turned out causes damage to the hips. |
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Two muscular merguards twisted my arms behind my back and tangled my legs in seaweed. |
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The face and lower legs may be marked with white, but white will generally not appear on the body. |
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Larger horses mature more slowly and have more stress on their legs and feet, predisposing them to lameness. |
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Two of the legs are upwind, or sailing against the wind, and the other two legs are downwind, or sailing with the wind. |
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Manx cats display a range of colours and usually have somewhat longer hind legs compared to most cats. |
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Native blacks call it 'Moka, moka' and say they like to eat it, and that it has legs and fingers. |
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In December 1965, Britain's first oil rig, Sea Gem, capsized when two of the legs collapsed during an operation to move it to a new location. |
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Latin American and European legs were listed, which included three dates at Wembley Stadium, London in June. |
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Noel eventually returned for the Irish and British legs of the tour, which included two major shows at Wembley Stadium. |
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Photographers were quoted as saying she appeared to have cuts on her legs and arms. |
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Once the hands are past the knees, the rower compresses the legs which moves the seat towards the stern of the boat. |
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Racing boats also have sliding seats to allow the use of the legs in addition to the body to apply power to the oar. |
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Individuals often suffer damage to their legs or feet when they land on the ground if there is not sufficient wind. |
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The navvy was certainly not a pretty sight. His muscular arms and legs were all a-sprawl and his head hung back at a strange angle to his body. |
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The Welsh Mountain sheep is usually white with a white face with no wool on forehead or cheek and white legs with no wool below the joint. |
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Born with deformed legs, she underwent surgery at age four and suffered pain in her legs for the rest of her life. |
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The first three pairs of legs bear claws, of which the first are greatly elongated and bear ridges of spines. |
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Portunid crabs are characterised by the flattening of the fifth pair of legs into broad paddles, which are used for swimming. |
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Otariids and walruses have hind limbs that can be pulled under the body and used as legs on land. |
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As a result, the possibility was suggested of keeping the legs of such platforms on the sea bed in future, to serve as habitat. |
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We pulled over to the shore, dragged the boat up ontop the sandbar, stretched our legs and ate some sandwiches. |
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Hind legs are not present in cetaceans, nor are any other external body attachments such as a pinna and hair. |
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The hind legs existed, however, but were significantly reduced in size and with a vestigial pelvis connection. |
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The front legs transformed into flippers, costing them their mobility on land. |
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The three bent legs are supposed to represent the three points of the island Sicily itself. |
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Three of their five pairs of legs have claws, including the first pair, which are usually much larger than the others. |
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The legs and bill are various combinations of red, orange, yellow, or black depending on species. |
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The solution was that the steel tubular legs of the platforms would be extended. |
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Both dibatags and gerenuks habitually stand on their two hind legs to reach acacia and other tree foliage. |
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It has a chunky body with short legs and tail, but is agile and can easily overpower prey as large as itself. |
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Rabbits use their powerful back legs as weapons, kicking at an opponent's underside, as well as biting and scratching with the front paws. |
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It also had longer hind legs and shorter forearms, similar to climbing mammals that hang under branches, such as sloths and gibbons. |
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When approached by predators, the largest and most robust females may make a stand, using their front legs to kick at their attackers. |
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The powerful hind legs are longer than the front legs, so that the haunches are carried higher than the shoulders. |
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Females tend to have narrower muzzles and foreheads, thinner necks, slightly shorter legs and less massive shoulders than males. |
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They swim well and fly adequately but are almost helpless on land, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body. |
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Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. |
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Large, sturdy birds of open plains with long legs and necks and strong feet. |
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These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. |
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The scaled legs are strong and well developed, and generally set far back on the body, more so in the highly aquatic species. |
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The legs of swans are normally a dark blackish grey colour, except for the two South American species, which have pink legs. |
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Lizards typically have four legs feet and external ears, though some are legless, while snakes lack both of these characteristics. |
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They have corpulent bodies with a rounded snout, webbed feet and long hind legs adapted for swimming in water and hopping on land. |
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The longer hind legs and fainter colouration of the agile frog are the main features that distinguish the two species. |
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The hind legs are short relative to other frogs' legs and the hind feet have long, unwebbed toes. |
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Over the course of a few weeks their legs develop and their tail gradually gets reabsorbed. |
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The first and third legs are nearly isothermal, while the second and fourth legs are nearly isentropic. |
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The arms and forearms shortened relative to the legs making it easier to run. |
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So he used the North Atlantic's great circular wind pattern, clockwise in direction, in both legs of his voyage. |
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Out on Fort Street, a pavement princess was sitting on the sidewalk with her back to a lamppost and her legs stretched out. |
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The legs are strong for Procellariiformes, making them and the giant petrels the only members of that order which can walk well on land. |
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The cyclic control is usually located between the pilot's legs and is commonly called the cyclic stick or just cyclic. |
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Rheumatism in her legs had rendered her lame, and her eyesight was clouded by cataracts. |
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Dinosaur legs extend directly beneath the body, whereas the legs of lizards and crocodilians sprawl out to either side. |
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After the frame was properly attached to the hull it was slowly jacked up on four legs straddling the wreck site to pull the ship off the seabed. |
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Fully aquatic mammals, the cetaceans and sirenians, have lost their legs and have a tail fin to propel themselves through the water. |
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Thus visitors to the park are greeted by a gigantic fibreglass smuggler between whose legs they could pass to enter. |
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Luigi Galvani, one of the pioneers of bioelectricity, discovered that the muscles of dead frogs legs twitched when struck by an electrical spark. |
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The cama has ears halfway between the length of camel and llama ears, no hump, longer legs than the llama, and partially cloven hooves. |
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Bohlinia closely resembled modern giraffes, having a long neck and legs and similar ossicones and dentition. |
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It appears that a suspensory ligament allows the lanky legs to support the animal's great weight. |
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Walking is done by moving the legs on one side of the body at the same time, then doing the same on the other side. |
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When galloping, the hind legs move around the front legs before the latter move forward, and the tail will curl up. |
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If the giraffe wants to bend down to drink, it either spreads its front legs or bends its knees. |
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Giraffes would probably not be competent swimmers as their long legs would be highly cumbersome in the water, although they could possibly float. |
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Conversely, the blood vessels in the lower legs are under great pressure because of the weight of fluid pressing down on them. |
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During copulation, the male stands on his hind legs with his head held up and his front legs resting on the female's sides. |
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The calf emerges head and front legs first, having broken through the fetal membranes, and falls to the ground, severing the umbilical cord. |
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Stretching his legs has been good for him, and this Pitt-street pozzy near the GPO is a splendid spot for a sandwich and a good book. |
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Most natives adapted in 'guerrilla fashion' by only shooting at the legs of the conquistadors if they happened to be unarmored. |
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As predicted by Allen's rule for a northerly animal, the legs are stocky and the ears and tail are small. |
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Their legs also lengthened as their toes disappeared until they were a hooved animal capable of running at great speed. |
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Her hair was red, cut punkily short. Her legs went approximately up to her chin. |
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Some straight legs caught a trooper at the post exchange one day and made him unblouse his boots. |
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For the Fourth week in a row I have had 3 live legs of the Quaddie only to be dudded by West Coast the last two! |
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According to Charles Darwin, the contact of the legs of a small gnat with a single tentacle is enough to induce this response. |
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Relatively long legs and sharp claws enable them to hold on to rocks in swift water. |
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Its parabolic arch and splayed legs are designed to withstand wind speeds up to 120 mph. |
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I didn't tell the girls it was my birthday. First thing they always did was grab the poor victim's arms and legs and give her the royal bumps. |
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I needed to stretch my legs after spending all day sitting around in meetings. |
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His mother used to have to buy two pair of strides for him, cut the legs off one and sew them onto the other. |
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The second their center snapped the ball, I submarined between the big guy's legs and tackled the halfback. |
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But how he could paint such pictures is marvellous, for he was not only armless but thighless, his short legs being closely united to the trunk. |
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As his drawers came free, his tinkler leapt straight up. How different he was between the legs from Hindley, who had that darkness! |
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The legs of Enlightener are also graced by an unspare tailoring of pleated clothes. |
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