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  • skeetpea
    skeetpea Posts: 241 Member
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    ...mal format, consists of two parts: the character, or char-...

    full sentence: the logarithm of a number, which is written in decimal format, consists of two parts: the character, or characteristic, and the mantissa.

    from my "Clinical Chemistry: techniques, principles, correlations" text book.

    fun stuff!!
  • dmalistar
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    "Mr. Kroon was apparently in charge now."

    Nancy Drew: The Ringmaster's Secret - Carolyn Keene
  • CSummers316
    CSummers316 Posts: 74
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    "Wizard, over here. My instincts had earned enough credibility to make me pay attention to them."

    Turn Coat: A Novel of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
  • CharityEaton
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    analyst / an' e list/ n. a person skilled in(esp. chemical or computer) analysis.


    The dictonary was the closest book....I keep it next to the computer to keep my husband from asking me how to spell stuff all the time....he says, "how can I look it up if I don't know how to spell it?"
    I say, "while you are looking you will learn how to spell all the other words you keep asking me about!" :smile:
  • Danhra
    Danhra Posts: 77
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    "...with the ghost of a smile. As reapings go, this one at least has a slight entertainment factor."
    I read all three books in The Hunger Games series..great books!

    I read them all too and loved them. It is only next to me bc I have been trying to force the hubby to read it :p
  • SKP1986
    SKP1986 Posts: 392 Member
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    "....than his that shakes for age and feebleness"


    Titus Andronicus
  • dHowe4406
    dHowe4406 Posts: 114
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    ...and scratched himself, and looked like he was modeling for a

    From Dearly devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
  • carolynmittens
    carolynmittens Posts: 344
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    "he walked slowly out and down the hall and knocked."

    from cannery row by John Steinbeck
    that's the closest book i had too! high five.
  • Lolyballs
    Lolyballs Posts: 180 Member
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    Stay away! We don't want your disease!

    ok, I happened to grab a graphic novel. Blankets by Craig Thompson. I have not read any of it... other than that one line.
  • wmlpd6
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    He also destroyed three Spanish ships while at sea, provoking the wrath of the Spanish, who began to threaten attacks on Jamaica.

    From Pirates and Privateers by Charlotte Montague
  • chezmama
    chezmama Posts: 396 Member
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    ¿ De dónde ________ustedes?

    From the textbook ¿Cómo se dice?
  • SilverStrychnine
    SilverStrychnine Posts: 413 Member
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    Cressen owned no hollow rings, such as the poisoners of Lys were said to favour, but a myriad of pockets great and small were sewn inside the loose sleeves of his robe.

    From "A Clash of Kings", George R R Martin
  • garnetsms
    garnetsms Posts: 10,018 Member
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    ...found out what his youngest son had done... (Genesis chapter 9)

    I'm a pastor's wife. There are bibles EVERYWHERE.

    My son did this too...his bible was the closest to him and he read a line from Genesis (Something about Abraham). He has a teen study bible
  • jesscaponigro
    jesscaponigro Posts: 114 Member
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    "Guess I'm not that grown up."
  • garnetsms
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    He also destroyed three Spanish ships while at sea, provoking the wrath of the Spanish, who began to threaten attacks on Jamaica.

    From Pirates and Privateers by Charlotte Montague

    There ya go!! That's better "silly rooster"
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,071 Member
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    "talent: great swimmers somehow knew in their bones how to remain"
  • paisley2288
    paisley2288 Posts: 913 Member
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    My page 20 is blank too :(
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
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    "...with the ghost of a smile. As reapings go, this one at least has a slight entertainment factor."

    -The Hunger Games

    Loved the Hunger Games books!
  • Edithrenee
    Edithrenee Posts: 546 Member
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    Where clouded as if from disturbed silt , it resembled blood, and that vile stain now spread more rapidly through the pool.
  • Switty_Kitty
    Switty_Kitty Posts: 538 Member
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    The agency encompassed six other US installations, employed over ten thousand agents, and had operating cost of over $10 billion per year.

    Deception Point by Dan Brown

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