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Matsuo and up
Taking aim at the man's face, Matsuo squeezed the trigger up to the point of discharge, and then he changed his mind.
He felt himself drawn a bit to Christianity during this period, but ended up meeting a haiku poet who taught him about Matsuo Bashō.

Matsuo and .
Early that day Matsuo saw a marine.
The enemy came looming around a bend in the trail and Matsuo took a hasty shot, then fled without knowing the result, ran until breath was a pain in his chest and his legs were rubbery.
`` Come out, come out in the meadow '', Matsuo said under his breath.
Matsuo lifted his rifle, easing the sling under his left upper arm for steadiness.
Matsuo had faked death and was pitched on a stack of corpses, both the burned and the unburned, the latter decomposing rapidly under the tropical sun.
Matsuo repeatedly choked down his own nausea.
Humiliation made Matsuo tremble.
Like a mischievous boy expecting punishment, Matsuo awaited reaction from the jungle.
Matsuo puzzled and grew anxious over the complete passiveness, concluding that he was the butt of a devilish joke.
When he got closer to the tree, Matsuo noted the wild look on his face.
The bobbing head was a poor target, so Matsuo shot him in the upper trunk.
In the hush that followed the echoes, Matsuo was tense.
Matsuo jumped when the hidden arm flopped out.
Maintaining his clutch on the hair, Matsuo watched the closed eyes while rummaging in the jacket pockets.
Matsuo put the bottle to his own lips.
Matsuo shook his head.
When he rolled on the left side, propping on his left elbow, Matsuo seized his hair and pulled him back over.
Awkwardly with one hand Matsuo got the cap back on the water bottle.
Matsuo took the small knife from its scabbard and laid it on the ground, out of the marine's reach and away from their shadows.
The sun was noon high and Matsuo perspired until his body was dripping.
Matsuo shook his head.
With a firm grip on the man's hair Matsuo applied the blade flat on a cheek.
Matsuo walked toward his tree, once glancing back.

stood and up
He got up slowly, and she was already on her feet, and he stood facing her.
Barton stood up.
`` You mean anyone who stood up for his rights '', Curt said.
She stood up, pulled the coat from her shoulders and started to slide it off, then let out a high-pitched scream and I let out a low-pitched, wobbling sound like a muffler blowing out.
With a lordly and generous gesture, the discoverer stood up and beckoned to the closest of his fellows.
Not long ago an acquaintance, a slick-headed water rat of a lad up from the maw of the city, stood on the balcony puffing his first cigarette in weeks.
My own stern hand has rent the ancient bond, And thereof shall the ending not have end: But not for me, that loved her, to be fond Lightly to please me with a newer friend Then hold it more than bravest-feathered song, That I affirm to thee, with heart of pride, I knew not what did to a friend belong Till I stood up, true friend, by thy true side ; ;
Clara Harris, one of the guests in the box, stood up and demanded water.
He stood very still, his arms at his sides, staring up at the heavens, then down at the blinking lights below.
Watson ran up the ladder and stood for a second sucking in the cool air that smelled of mud and river weeds.
She stood up, smoothing her hair down, straightening her clothes, feeling a thankfulness for the enveloping darkness outside, and, above everything else, for the absence of the need to answer, to respond, to be aware even of Stowey coming in or going out, and yet, now that she was beginning to cook, she glimpsed a future without him, a future alone like this, and the pain made her head writhe, and in a moment she found it hard to wait for Lucretia to come with her guests.
It was Giselle, the fille de chambre, come to clean the room, and while she stood before him with ears pricked up and regard all curiosity, explaining her errand, Alex could see from the corner of his eye the doctor doing all he could to calm the displeased bird.
Sighing, Leona dropped the paper and stood up.
Then Miss Ada had stood up, rustling and rustling, and gone upstairs.
I stood up and began pacing.
He stood up to emphasize his strong feeling on the subject.
The painting `` a fresco '' stood up superbly ; ;
I closed the last bag and stood all three at the door for the bellboy to pick up, then went to the bathroom for a drink of water.
He stood looking down for a few seconds, then backed up two or three paces from the edge.
He stood up.
He stood up and thanked her.
She smoothed the skirt, sat down, then stood up and went back to the windows.
He stood up, cocked his head and eyed Gun coldly.
He stood up and touched the girl's arm.

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