| I could barely detect the horseradish in the creamy bed of mashed potato. A more generous grating would have perked it up. |
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| When the ones which are going to have perked up, I will think about potting them on. |
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| Suddenly my ears perked up, like a gazelle being alerted to a lion prowling about. |
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| There is also a side of dirty rice, and a creamy potato salad perked up with scallions, radishes and shreds of carrot. |
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| A blogger nearby perked his ears up from three feet away and started live-blogging the conversation. |
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| This perked his interest to learn more about why Gabi stole it behind Creg's back in the first place. |
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| He had perked up and we got the impression that, provided we kept off politics, we could have stayed and chewed the fat all afternoon. |
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| Finally, my ears perked when she rattled off our room numbers and allotted our keys. |
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| The strident noise moved through the pounding rain, and then the figure lowered its head and perked its long ears. |
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| Suddenly, she perked up, and I knew she just came up with a new inspiration to cheer me up. |
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| A cocktail which includes a superfood can never be a bad thing, and it certainly perked me up no end. |
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| He perked up a bit when we went down the stairs to the patisserie for a cookie. |
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| So the demonstration, around 10 people shouting at once, perked things up a little. |
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| Tina perked up instantly, threw her arms around his neck, and kissed his cheek. |
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| Three divisions of the National Guard stationed nearby perked things up a bit for most businesses. |
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| As the coffee perked, she crawled through the door into the cabin looking a pale shade of green. |
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| He tried to get his mind back on training as he took another sip of the freshly perked coffee. |
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| Nevertheless, he felt perked up by the simple fact that they could still talk without saying a word. |
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| Bryce perked up instantly, grabbing the chance to stall with relish. |
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| That perked markets up since it promised to sever the link between weak banks and weak sovereigns. |
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| Her make-up is a mixture of down-to-earth classic beauty styles perked up with offbeat effects. |
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| But it is perked up by a techno-magic sprinkling of bright, graphic and pop accents, because ecological doesn't have to mean boring! |
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| But with respect to your recommendation 4, my ears perked up when you said that products should not be based on tradition and usage. |
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| Our cocktail sauce is carefully balanced with a dash of tomato and perked up with just the right amount of cognac. |
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| By the time we arrived home this young pony's spirit had definitely perked up. |
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| After a steady drift downward through the spring and summer, small business confidence perked upward in October. |
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| I perked up immediately and could see Don's interest gaining as well. |
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| They set out an estimable tuna salad perked up with toasted pine nuts. |
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| While the rest of Africa's economy has perked up, South Africa's has stumbled. |
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| Even though Mr Brown has perked up since the last, failed bid to oust him, Mr Cameron is still likely to best him in the face-off of a campaign. |
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| Another factor was the drop in prices, especially for entry-level products, which has perked up purchases by small and medium enterprises and homes. |
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| The kid had perked up considerably, and he hoped it was going to last. |
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| Sitting on the sky blue counter as her coffee perked, Kina silently swore. |
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| A friendly dog has perked up ears, open and alert eyes, a relaxed mouth, a tail or whole rear end wagging, and possibly whimpering, yapping or giving short barks. |
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| Towards the end of the tour, Jahedi related a story in which a particularly uninterested group of senior citizens suddenly perked up as she was finishing a tour. |
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| Progress remained slow after lunch and Somerset were only 120-2 after 50 overs but the over rate perked up as Dawson and Gray operated in harness. |
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| I thought the lemon rind perked it up, but Lisa thought it was too lemony. |
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| I liked the high level of spice, but the menial amount of the fresh ingredients that could have really perked up this tall pile of crunchiness, were too few and far between. |
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| At this statement my ears perked up, curiosity overtaking me. |
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| The chorus of noblewomen and fusileers is unbalanced in quality, but luckily perked up after the intermission to help put in place an entertaining finale. |
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| But then he perked up slightly, a sly grin coming onto his face. |
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| The class' ears perked up, but Ella groaned inwardly, now Katrina would say that they were going to do a project of some sort, either requiring a group or worse a partner. |
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| No matter whether you prefer espresso, drip, perked, or pressed, you need to start with high-quality gourmet coffee beans to get a good cup of coffee. |
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| Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his interest, which perked up when we talked about small craft harbours just a few moments ago. |
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| But even the groggiest parade watchers perked up as the grand marshal, Kermit the Frog, wearing his famous smirk, went by. |
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| The blue jay was having a fit, and the sapsucker perked his bright-eyed little head at him not more than a dozen feet away. |
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| While the coffee perked, she flipped idly through a gardening magazine and scanned an article on the war against aphids. |
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| Poe wrote back that at least their spat had perked up the somnambulant citizenry. |
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| McPherson's bat has perked up at Salt Lake, and the Angels have had virtually no offense from their third basemen. |
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| Weary rechargeable batteries are perked up with the power jack. |
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