" Taking the bait " or " feeding the troll " refers to someone who responds to the original message regardless of whether they are aware the original message was intended to provoke a response.

Taking the bait, the Japanese pursued the Koreans.

Taking advantage of cold weather John Thompson had used thirty-two horses to skid his store from Senex to Arrowsmith in just over two hours.

Taking the name Weeping Tile from the pipes that are placed around the foundations of homes to draw groundwater away from the building, she did the show as a duo with Joe Chithalen on bass, and later added other musicians, Gord Tough on guitar and Chris Smirnios on drums, to round out the lineup.

Taking certain aspects of other favorite games, Cranium ( board game ) requires players to spell, draw, mold clay, and answer trivia questions.

Taking Saligny's previous experience into account, the Romanian government hired him and gave him the daunting ( at the time ) task to draw up the plans for the new structure.

Taking Hamrick with him, William went to Mr. Willis.

Taking a gamble, the Brewers fired Rodgers and replaced him with hitting coach Harvey Kuenn.

Taking advantage of divisions within the conservative ranks, José Santos Zelaya led a liberal revolt that brought him to power in 1893.

Taking advantage of his incapacitation, the powerful Alcmaeonid family arranged for him to be prosecuted.

Taking a wright, the most able workman there, he ordered him to saw the plank in two at the mid streit stretch, so that no-one might walk over it.

Taking advantage of the King's precarious situation, Mieszko II's brothers Bezprym and Otto turned against him and allied themselves with the Emperor Conrad II, whose forces attacked the country, regaining Lusatia.

Taking advantage of the chaos and his neighbour's weakness, Duke Bretislaus I of Bohemia, invaded and ravaged the country: Lesser and Greater Poland were severely pillaged, Poznań was captured and Bretislaus sacked Gniezno, taking the relics of Saint Adalbert, Radim Gaudentius and other five eremites with him.

Taking effect on the day Umberto became king, this act did not present a warm welcome for the new king, especially since the government had not given him advance notice of its intention.

Taking custody of James he refused to give him up, exercising full power on his behalf for a period of three years.

Taking off the marionette's clothes and covering him with flour, the ogre prepares to eat Pinocchio.

" Taking the love god as the mediator of their emotions for each other, they sailed together as it were on the same vessel of life ... nor did they restrict their affectionate friendship to the limits of Hellas .... as soon as they set foot on the land of the Tauride, the Fury of matricides was there to welcome the strangers, and, when the natives stood around them, the one was struck to the ground by his usual madness and lay there, but Pylades ' did wipe away the foam and tend his frame and shelter him with a fine well-woven robe ,' thus showing the feelings not merely of a lover, but also of a father.

Taking him home, the two sailors meet his young beautiful singer-wannabe Aunt Susan who is not as old as Donald made her sound.

" Taking the love god as the mediator of their emotions for each other, they sailed together as it were on the same vessel of life ... nor did they restrict their affectionate friendship to the limits of Hellas .... as soon as they set foot on the land of the Tauride, the Fury of matricides was there to welcome the strangers, and, when the natives stood around them, the one was struck to the ground by his usual madness and lay there, but Pylades ' did wipe away the foam and tend his frame and shelter him with a fine well-woven robe ,' thus showing the feelings not merely of a lover, but also of a father.

Taking advantage of the aftermath of a loyalist paramilitary strike and local elections, Nesbitt had a sufficiently well recovered McLaverty disguised and driven by police around the Shankill area on Wednesday 18 May to see if he could spot the men who had abducted or attacked him.

Taking into consideration that Nagant was one of the few producers not engaged by competitive governments and generally eager to cooperate and share experience and technologies, the Commission paid him a sum of 200, 000 Russian roubles, equal to the premium that Mosin received as the winner.

His 1985 hit series, A Planet for the Taking, averaged more than 1. 8 million viewers per episode and earned him a United Nations Environment Programme Medal.

Bainbridge concludes, ‘ Taking him all in all, Fabergé came as near to a complete understanding of human nature as it is possible for a man to come, with one word only inscribed on his banner, and that word – tolerance.

Taking Ware's side, Ian Craig Marsh joined him.

Taking some aspirin in the bathroom, he encounters a co-worker, Mr. Rogers, who advises him that he needs to keep fit to avoid headaches.

Taking with him the cavalry of the Guard and Grouchy's Cavalry Reserve, Napoleon headed for the village of Vauchamps.

Taking pity on Lord Vishnu, Brahma and Maheshwara decided to assume the forms of a cow and its calf to serve him.

Taking place as a flashback after Yuu kisses Miki in the nurse's office, he recalls the first time he met Miki, shortly after his parents told him of their impending divorce and spouse swap.

Taking pity on him, she took care of his wounds.

Taking his stand at the entrance of the House of Commons with a written list in his hand, he caused the arrest or exclusion of the members, who were pointed out to him.

* Taking a warm bath to relieve the burning feeling.

Taking a bath at a public sentō requires at a bare minimum a small towel and some soap / shampoo.

Taking a bath sponge to the police station in a Gladstone bag, Holmes washes Boone's still-dirty face, causing his face to be revealed — the face of Neville St. Clair!

*; Translation: Taking a bath in New York.

Taking shelter in a long-abandoned postal van, he finds a sack of mail and takes it to a nearby community to barter for food and shelter.

Taking their name from the side of a steamroller, made by the Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company, that had been parked on the street outside Friedman's house ( where Stills and Furay were staying ), the new group debuted on April 11, 1966 at The Troubadour in Hollywood.

Taking advantage of these events, Livingston placed Queen Joan and her new husband, Sir John Stewart, under " house arrest " at Stirling Castle on 3 August 1439.

Taking a house in the hills near Namur, he devoted himself to sport, and developed the intimate sympathy with nature which informs his best work.

" Taking their name from a phrase graffitied onto the wall of the UW student newspaper office, the duo played house parties and bars as they were until the following year, when they invited Evan Sult to be their drummer.

In the 1990s a lost Caravaggio, The Taking of Christ, known through replicas, was discovered hanging in a Jesuit house of studies in Leeson Street in Dublin by Sergio Benedetti, senior conservator of the gallery.

Taking to the country and provincial cities, Donald spends his time doing research for a book on the English by consorting with journalists and minor poets, attending a country house weekend, serving as private secretary to a Member of Parliament, attending the League of Nations, and playing village cricket.

Taking a break, he spots Daria in the house and happily greets her.

Taking precautionary measures, Macha sends the three Eddies to Billy's house where they threaten his niece.