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Tintin and the Red Sea Sharks choose

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[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Red Sea Sharks 9: Haven’t you finished acting the goat yet?
at act the (giddy) goat, v.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Red Sea Sharks 52: Buzz off, you stool-pigeon.
at buzz off!, excl.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Red Sea Sharks 33: This is going to be hot! ... Everybody down!
at hot, adj.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Red Sea Sharks 62: That old stick-in-the-mud.
at stick-in-the-mud, n.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Red Sea Sharks 10: ‘Mum’s the word,’ that’s our motto.
at mum’s the word under mum, adj.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Red Sea Sharks 11: We’ll end up buying a battleship [...] on the never-never.
at on the never-never (system) under never-never, the, n.2
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Red Sea Sharks 9: You thundering nitwitted numskull you!
at nitwitted, adj.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Red Sea Sharks 6: Do you imagine I’m going to let that little pest raise Cain in my house?
at raise Cain (v.) under raise, v.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Red Sea Sharks 5: Ten thousand thundering typhoons!
at thundering, adj.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Red Sea Sharks 32: So that’s the tub we’re going to board.
at tub, n.1
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