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Shooting in the Dark choose

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[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 284: A rent-a-drool expression on his face.
at rent-a-, pfx
[UK] J. Baker Shooting In The Dark (2002) 62: ‘This’s a real ball-breaker,’ Dave said to himself.
at ball-breaker, n.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting In The Dark (2002) 176: The old bucket’ll last long enough to get you home.
at bucket, n.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 124: Now they say it’s us, our personal hygiene. Cheeky buggers.
at cheeky, adj.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 145: She brushed some of the cheesecake posters aside.
at cheesecake, n.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 107: Christ, you say guys are all clammed up and they don’t know how to relate to their emotions.
at clammed (up), adj.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 112: I can’t feed Echo down there while he’s trying to cop a look all the time.
at cop, v.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 285: Maybe Ralph’s sticky fingers had upset some kind of drug syndicate and they were looking for revenge.
at sticky fingers, n.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 277: Eat them? Wear them? Steal them? Whatever floats your boats.
at whatever floats your boat under float, v.1
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 62: He’d gone with some mates to a girlie show.
at girlie show (n.) under girlie, adj.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 302: Must be one of those goofy nurses’d left a pin in his shirt collar.
at goofy, adj.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 136: ‘Yes, gov,’ she said.
at gov, n.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting In The Dark (2002) 109: Like it’s teething at the moment, and you know how it’s giving her gyp.
at give someone gyp (v.) under gyp, n.2
[UK] J. Baker Shooting In The Dark (2002) 212: All right [...] Keep your hair on.
at keep your hair on! (excl.) under keep one’s hair on, v.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting In The Dark (2002) 107: You want us to hang loose and not get so uptight and everything, then as soon as we relax you start taking the piss.
at hang loose, v.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 326: He took another toke on the J.
at j, n.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 319: You’re a jacket job, you know that?
at jacket job, n.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 114: ‘Descartes?’ [...] ‘Day cart? Leave it out, Sam.’.
at leave it out! (excl.) under leave, v.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 144: He’s a brilliant actor, he’s a sex machine, multi-millionaire.
at -machine, sfx
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 247: ‘You said there were two problems.’ ‘Oh, yes, his hands.’ ‘He can’t keep them to himself?’ ‘No kidding,’ she said. ‘The man’s an octopus.’.
at octopus, n.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting In The Dark (2002) 88: Her pigeons are several sizes too small for a bra.
at pigeon, n.1
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 107: As soon as we relax you start taking the piss.
at take the piss (out of) (v.) under piss, the, phr.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 331: He’s gone to the cemetery, look for somewhere to plant Ralph.
at plant, v.1
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 144: He’s a brilliant actor, he’s a sex machine, multi-millionaire.
at sex machine (n.) under sex, n.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 108: He didn’t do it. The man’s shredded. Isobel was the only decent thing in his life.
at shredded, adj.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting in the Dark (2002) 284: He split a bottle with them.
at split, v.
[UK] J. Baker Shooting In The Dark (2002) 64: I had a stiff drink [...] There’s nothing wrong with that.
at stiff, adj.
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