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Straightening and up
' Pitching a bit down here ... Probably from my own wash ... Straightening up now on track ... Rather close to Peel Island ... Tramping like mad ... er ... Full power ... Tramping like hell here ...
* Straightening up from ruku

Straightening and out
Straightening out the leg causes pain because it stretches these muscles, while flexing the hip activates the iliopsoas and therefore also causes pain.
Straightening out his act, Buster was said to have joined the military ; a high-ranking official with the surname of Witwicky was later seen addressing Marissa Faireborn, and although it was not stated, it can be assumed this was intended to be Buster.

Straightening and .
Straightening one tooth that has come in wrong may take only a few months.
* Straightening abnormal twists of the leg bones, i. e. femur ( termed femoral anteversion or antetorsion ) and tibia ( tibial torsion ).
Straightening irons, straighteners, or flat irons, not to be confused with curling irons, work by breaking down the hair's hydrogen bonds found in the hair's cortex, which cause hair to bend and become curly.
Straightening of warped steel weldments is done with an Oxy-acetylene torch and is somewhat of an art.
Straightening Teeth Over the Internet ; Thousands of Orthodontists Use Web for First Time to Treat Patients.
* Straightening of Taxiway A at the current terminal ramp.

up and eyes
She rubbed her eyes and stretched, then sat up, her hands going to her hair.
He hadn't shown up too well in their eyes, letting himself be browbeaten by a woman.
She had to get away from here before this demoniac possession swallowed up the liquid of her eyes and sank into the fibers of her brain, depriving her of reason and sight.
Greg's eyes flicked up from his instrument panel.
Five or so minutes later the marine abruptly pulled up and stepped into sunlight, immediately throwing his hands over his eyes.
Martha picked up the hem of her gown and with eyes closed she slowly began to dance a stately minuet around the ballroom.
She swung her eyes up to the blue of the window, her jaws gently mashing the bitter beans.
His eyes were old and they never saw well, but heated with whisky they'd glare at my noise, growing red and raising up his rage.
When his arm came up I ducked away but it caught me on the side of the neck, watering my eyes, and I backed off to cough.
The novel opens with a fugitive convict frantically trying to avoid the nemesis of being `` laid hands on '' -- a mysterious figure who looks into Pip's frightened eyes in the churchyard `` as if he were eluding the hands of the dead people, stretching up cautiously out of their graves, to get a twist upon his ankle and pull him in ''.
`` -- had enough brains to call ya up so as ya could do sompin about it when the parents -- I coulda let her go go '' -- His eyes were lowered, so he couldn't have seen the narrow, pointed face of his companion suddenly writhe with fury ; ;
He looked up with bloodshot eyes and beheld the stranger sitting across the table, smiling a secret smile at him, as if they were fellow conspirators.
But actually these accounts reveal the supernatural powers that the masters were in fact supposed to possess, as well as the extreme degree of popular credulity: `` Hwang Pah ( O Baku ), one day going up Mount Tien Tai which was believed to have been inhabited by Arhats with supernatural powers, met with a monk whose eyes emitted strange light.
yet if you looked closely you'd see that his eyes did not pick up the smile on his lips.
My eyes traveled over the bare walls and up to the one partially open window high above the little figures and back to the boys.
Her little brown face wrinkled up, her brown eyes gleamed, and with her little gestures she said all the courteous things.
I could see the ancient cynicism reinforce itself in her eyes, and I wondered how many men she had picked up with this same gambit.
Richard's dark eyes came up and seemed for the tiniest moment to reflect sharp light.
* According to one possible translation, the exorcist or diviner heals Nabonidus and pardons his sins, whereas in Daniel Nebuchadnezzar is cured when he " up eyes to heaven " and " that the Most High is sovereign ".
Chapters 1: 1-2: 5 are thus a confession of failure ; chapters 2: 6-3: 6 are a major summary and reflection from the Deuteronomists, setting out the over all formula which the stories in the main text will follow: Israel " does evil in the eyes of Yahweh ;" the people are given into the hands of their enemies and cry out to Yahweh ; Yahweh raises up a leader ; the " spirit of Yahweh " comes upon the leader, the enemy is defeated, and peace is regained.
1: 13 You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he, ( World English Bible )
There was another game where little puppets and dolls dressed as western foreigners with blue eyes ( Iranian peoples ) were set up and when one fell over, the person it pointed to had to empty his cup of wine.
" Ludendorff's eyes lit up and he leapt upon the phrase like a dog on a bone.
* " Our eyes see very little and very badly – so people dreamed up the microscope to let them see invisible phenomena ; they invented the telescope ... now they have perfected the cinecamera to penetrate more deeply into the visible world, to explore and record visual phenomena so that what is happening now, which will have to be taken account of in the future, is not forgotten.

up and ablaze
Booth's companion gave himself up, but Booth refused and was shot by a Union soldier after the barn in which he was hiding was set ablaze.
Huge paper mache statues, called fallas are set up throughout the town, and then set ablaze.
The smaller force led directly by Hideyori sallied forth from Osaka Castle too late, and was chased right back into the castle by the advancing enemies ; there was no time to set up a proper defense of the castle, and it was soon ablaze and pummeled by artillery fire.
There was no time to set up a proper defense of the castle, and it was soon set ablaze and pummeled by artillery fire.
Afterwards, his entire village is set ablaze and the villagers slaughtered to cover up the incident.
Senyavin maintained his neutrality, threatening to blow up the ships and set Lisbon ablaze in case of attack.
When the sun will be folded up, and when the stars will swoop down, and when the mountains will be set in motion, and when the ten-months pregnant she-camels will be abandoned, and when the wild beasts will be gathered together, and when the seas will be flared up, and when the people will be arranged in categories, and when the girl-child that was buried alive will be asked, for what sin she was killed, and when the scrolls ( of deeds ) will be unrolled, and when the sky will be stripped off, and when the Hell will be set ablaze, and when the Paradise will be brought close, then everyone will know what he ( or she ) has put forward, So, I swear by those ( stars ) that recede, that proceed, that withdraw from the scene, and by the night when it departs, and the morning when it starts breathing, it ( the Qur ' an ) is surely the word of a noble messenger ( Jibra ' il عليه السلام ‎ ), the one possessing power, and a high status with the Lord of the Throne, the one obeyed there, trusted.
During the November Pogrom ( 9 November 1938 ), colloquially euphemised as " Kristallnacht ", the Neue Synagoge was set ablaze, Torah scrolls desecrated, furniture smashed and other combustible furnishings piled up and set on fire.
For all the men-in-suit and ladies-in-heels looking to set the dance floor ablaze, look no further ... Be prepared to Hop on the FESTEMBER EXPRESS, get your grooves on and spice up the dance floor!
He soaks the manuscript with lighter fluid he picked up in the basement and sets it ablaze.
Soon the whole tower was set ablaze, and it collapsed upon the cathedral itself, taking with it much of the roof up to point where the organ was situated.
As they escape, Susan and McKinney are chased by Cordell who survived the fire while remaining ablaze, he chases them in a beat up police car while they ride in an ambulance.
Fires raged through the docks and warehouses ; the sky was full of bursting ack-ack shells ; flares dropped by enemy planes were floating slowly toward the earth, lighting up everything in the vicinity ; bright red tracer bullets streaked across the sky, aimed at the flares in an attempt to extinguish them ; the city seemed ablaze.

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