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The Mysterious Affair at Styles choose

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[UK] A. Christie Mysterious Affair at Styles (1954) 75: ‘Bad shot!’ as you English say!
at bad shot (n.) under bad, adj.
[UK] A. Christie Mysterious Affair at Styles (1954) 23: It was a real old bust-up.
at bust-up, n.
[UK] A. Christie Mysterious Affair at Styles (1954) 151: I say, that’s playing it a bit low down.
at play it..., v.
[UK] A. Christie Mysterious Affair at Styles (1954) 145: ‘The affair must all be unravelled from within.’ He tapped his forehead. ‘These little grey cells. It is “up to them” – as you say over here.’.
at little grey cells (n.) under little, adj.
[UK] A. Christie Mysterious Affair at Styles (1954) 77: My attention was arrested by a weedy-looking young man rushing down the street.
at weedy, adj.
[UK] C.P. Snow Affair (1961) 19: That was no mystery. He just wanted to make his marble good.
at make one’s alley good (v.) under alley, n.3
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