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To Reach and Dream choose

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[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 6: He was over fifty years old, but upon hearing the price for laying up all night he appeared to drop ten years in age.
at lay back, v.
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 104: She pointed at the bedroom where his things were strewn, shredded and slit. ‘Talk about that the next time you feel biggety, you sonofabitch!’.
at biggity, adj.
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 43: She was light, bright, and damn near white in attitude as well as skin color.
at bright, adj.1
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 142: ‘I gotta split, man . . . check you out tomorrow and give you a whole rundown, okay?’.
at check out, v.2
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 148: ‘I would ask you to check yourself.’ ‘Why? Why would you ask me to do that?’ ‘Because you don’t know me,’ he answered.
at check oneself (v.) under check, v.
[US] N. Heard To Reach a Dream 4: We’ll cut into him in the middle of the block.
at cut into, v.
[US] N. Heard To Reach a Dream n.p.: scorn the can / learn flimflam / down the man / never be a Sam.
at down, v.3
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 125: ‘Ordinarily it’s a mark of distinction to get your man back after he’s been fruiting around and throwing it in your face’.
at fruit, v.
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 105: ‘You know it don’t go like that. You fucked up now you pay up’.
at go, v.
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 77: ‘I ain’t makin’ it with you no more. I got somethin’ else goin’ and you ain’t in the picture’.
at have something going (on) (v.) under going on, phr.
[US] N. Heard To Reach a Dream 6: She got some good stuff, baby.
at good stuff (n.) under good, adj.1
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 73: She was high yaller, with a slight mustache and slanted eyes which gave her a sly Japanese look.
at high yellow, n.
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 55: There were some petty jive-time pimps in the jail who made it known to all who’d listen that they were the best things that ever happened to women.
at jivetime (adj.) under jive, adj.
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 210: ‘The nigga was bad luck from the jump’.
at jump, n.
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 206: He took her hand and placed it on the front of his pants. ‘See what I mean?’ he said. ‘Right on, brother!’ ‘Left off, sister!’.
at left off!, excl.
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 42: He never failed to bounce back after getting a good nut [...] when he could shoot his problems and fears into the depths of a woman’s body.
at nut, n.3
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 38: If he could get that kind of job he’d take off the money with no strain.
at take off, v.1
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 137: ‘She’s always outgoing. Top that off with a slight high and you’ve got what you see tonight’.
at top off, v.
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 107: ‘[D]’you think I’m crazy enough to take a chance on goin’ t’sleep here after what I just put on yo’ ass?’.
at put on, v.
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 33: ‘[T]ell me now—yes or no. But it don’t matter ‘cause I’m gonna have ya tonight. Be a lot easier for both of us if ya just go along with the program, dig!’.
at with the program (adj.) under program, n.
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 33: ‘I don’t like to be gorilla an’ rough it off—but then [...] I hope ya don’t doubt I’ll use this shiv if ya force me’.
at rough up, v.
[US] N. Heard To Reach a Dream n.p.: Scorn the can / learn flimflam / down the man / never be a Sam.
at sam, n.
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 39: He was going to be the baddest thing in town because he was going to have a woman who was able to shit gold bricks at his command.
at shit gold bricks (v.) under shit, v.
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 74: ‘I don’t even know what you talkin’ ‘bout, sucka’.
at sucka, n.
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 55: [T]he times that Mozelle had spread her thighs to him and said, ‘Baby, put a little sugar in my bowl’.
at sugar, n.3
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 137: Using the ploy of most teasers she said, ‘I can’t leave my girlfriend, honey. We came together and we’ve got to leave together’.
at teaser, n.1
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 74: ‘[T]he cocaine is here—gimme a little two and two’.
at two-and-two (n.) under two, adj.
[US] N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 101: ‘When I was young, dumb, and full of come.’ Hollywood laughed loudly.
at young, dumb, and full of come under young, adj.
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