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trouble and with
An' that could mean trouble with a fella that's workin' for crooks.
His face took on a sudden pallor, became beaded with sweat, and he seemed to have trouble with his breathing.
Ever since the hooch, and the trouble with the Quartet, and Midge and the child.
Because the private eye intends to save society in spite of himself, he invariably finds himself in trouble with the police.
It must be granted that the flouting of convention, no matter how well intentioned one may be, is sure to lead to trouble, or at least to the discomfort that goes with social disapproval.
`` As Mrs. Morris may be in some want before that time '', Lafayette continued, `` I am going to trouble you with a commission which I beg you will execute with the greatest secrecy.
The trouble with all these doctrinal quarrels is that we hear only one side of the story: what, in the secret councils of the Kremlin, Molotov had really proposed, we just don't know, and he has had no chance to reply.
The rabbi said thoughtfully, `` I would not want my people to get in trouble with the Church ''.
The Court said the purpose of the section was principally to spare the Government the embarrassment and trouble of dealing with several parties, one of them a stranger to the claim, and to prevent traffic in claims, particularly tenuous claims, against the Government.
The child in the primary grades can play harmoniously with one companion, but his desire to be first in everything gets him into trouble when the group gets larger ; ;
And if the affection for the suburban branch reflects a desire to shop with `` nice people '', rather than with the indiscriminate urban mass which supports the downtown department store, the central location may be in serious trouble.
In addition, there were difficulties with the flow and spreading of the foam mixture over the mold surface, trouble with lack of gel strength in the rising foam, and problems of splits.
There is only one trouble with this big, beautiful dream.
Upon which the detective bureau despatched rifle squads to prevent trouble if O'Banion should send his gunmen out to deal with the hijacking policemen.
And I suggest further that the main cause of the trouble we are in has been the failure of American policy-makers, ever since we assumed free world leadership in 1945, to deal with this problem realistically and seriously.
`` The trouble, '' explained Loy Henderson, then Deputy Undersecretary for Administration, `` is that when we get into an argument with him about this thing, it always turns out that Rooney knows more about our budget than we do ''.
`` The trouble with you '', old man Arthur began, and then checked himself.
`` Sometimes we'd have trouble persuading her to make tax-exempt charitable contributions, and I've known her to quarrel with a plumber over a bill for fixing a faucet ; ;
`` About nine this morning Mrs. Buck phones me she's having trouble with one of her farm hands -- money trouble.

trouble and machinery
A booster, though, was a complicated piece of machinery, liable to trouble.
When their leader, Scorponok, arrived, Starscream was unable to talk himself out of trouble and was blasted into the plant's machinery by Scorponok, seemingly dying.

trouble and is
He started toward the stairway, then turned to add, `` Tell her to come to Adams's room, that Adams is in trouble.
The trouble here is that it's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it doesn't cost you anything.
The trouble is that like many symbols it doesn't seem a very realistic one.
The trouble is that at first glance the idea looks like such a good one.
`` Good heavens, Adam '', he said, `` I thought one thing you'd have no trouble learning is when to get out of a place ''.
But in order to keep Letch in the public eye and out of trouble, I wrote in a part especially for him -- that of a dashing ruffian who `` sees the light '' and is saved by the inspiring example of Mother Cabrini.
From the point of view of syntactic analysis the head word in the statement is the predicator has broken, and from the point of view of meaning it would seem that the trouble centers in the breaking ; ;
Apart from some areas of recurring trouble, like Bani Mellal, where inexperienced officials had been appointed, there is little evidence that local officials intervened in the electoral process.
I'm sending you a couple of customers -- yeah -- just get them out of my hair and keep them out -- I don't give a damn what you tell them -- only don't believe a word they say -- they're out to make trouble for me and it is up to you to stop them -- I don't care how -- and one more thing -- Cate's Cafe closed at eleven like always last night and Rose and Clarence Corsi left for Quebec yesterday -- some shrine or other -- I think it was called Saint Simon's -- yeah, yesterday.
It recalls those words of another psalm: `` God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
It is difficult to say what can be done about them except that we must learn to recognize when it is they, rather than pretexts for them, that are causing the trouble, and do everything possible to nurture the healthy personalities that will prevent the development of such deficiencies.
Throughout much of the world, food is still so scarce that half of the earth's population has trouble getting the 1,600 calories a day necessary to sustain life.
The trouble is, Theresa thought, that while everything that happens there is supposed to matter supremely, nothing here is supposed even to exist.
The root meaning of the word anxiety is ' to vex or trouble '; in either presence or absence of psychological stress, anxiety can create feelings of fear, worry, uneasiness, and dread.

trouble and used
In recent years, the option to charge people with affray has been used as part of a strategy by HM Government to aggressively address problems with drunken individuals who cause serious trouble on airliners.
The phrase is often used in a less serious manner in relation to someone or something that is out of control and causing trouble ( e. g., a dog tearing up the living room furniture might be said to be running amok ).
However, even heavy-draw longbows have trouble penetrating well-made steel plate armour, which was used increasingly after 1350.
No matter which configuration of secondary demand valve is used, many diving schools now suggest that a diver routinely offer another diver in trouble their " primary " mouthpiece, i. e., the one in their mouth, then using their own secondary demand valve.
For instance, dert, derived from the Persian dard ( درد " pain "), means " problem " or " trouble " in Turkish ; whereas the native Turkish word ağrı is used for physical pain.
He was eventually recaptured and judged too much trouble to be used.
Shit can be used to denote trouble, by saying one is in a lot of shit or deep shit.
When the shit hits the fan is usually used to refer to a specific time of confrontation or trouble, which requires decisive action.
At about 12 years old he made a small dissecting kit ( including a scalpel crafted from a flattened pin ) which he used to dissect a bumblebee, but he got into trouble with his parents when he progressed to dissecting a larger specimen.
Not used to the hard labor, he developed heart trouble in a few weeks and was given a desk job, writing camp records and sports certificates in Fraktur.
The expression " in Queer Street " was used in the UK as of the 1811 edition of Francis Grose's A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue for someone in financial trouble.
" Thorn in the Flesh " is a colloquialism used to describe a chronic infirmity, annoyance, or trouble in one's life.
For example, quinine comes from the cinchona tree has been used to treat malaria, digitalis from the foxglove plant treats chronic heart trouble, and morphine from the poppy plant gives pain relief.
For to obey such a commandment would have been contrary to the nature of man, who generally cleaves to that to which he is used ; it would in those days have made the same impression as a prophet would make at present 12th Century if he called us to the service of God and told us in His name, that we should not pray to God nor fast, nor seek His help in time of trouble ; that we should serve Him in thought, and not by any action.
His knee continued to give him trouble, and his wife became used to the sound of him falling down the stairs when it buckled under his weight.
*" Die / Finish / Gone / Habis / Mampus / Mampui / Sei / See / GG / Pok kai /"-generic exclamations to indicate " trouble ", used like the English " damn it " or " to face the music ".
Stroud avoided trouble for several more years, until it came to light that some of the equipment Stroud had requested for his lab was in fact being used as a home-made still to distill alcohol.
These numbers may be outside the normal range used for regular lines, potentially causing trouble when telephone numbering plans are changed.
During the Ming Dynasty ( AD 1368 – 1644 ), physician Wu Juei wrote that the mushroom could be used not only as a food but as a medicinal mushroom, taken as a remedy for upper respiratory diseases, poor blood circulation, liver trouble, exhaustion and weakness, and to boost qi, or life energy.
But when trouble threatened, he used his medical skills and accompanied John Stark's forces to the Battle of Bennington in August.
In 2006, its national prominence was used by a group of 18 Afghan refugees seeking asylum, who occupied it for several days before being persuaded to leave without trouble.
North Korean defectors can have trouble integrating into South Korean society because much of the Konglish used there is not used in North Korea.

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