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She stood up and walked towards him.
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She stood up and walked towards him.
He leaned towards his wife and whispered, “Can we go home soon?”
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He leaned towards his wife and whispered, “Can we go home soon?”
She kept glancing towards the phone.
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She kept glancing towards the phone.
George got up and patted Mrs. Drake kindly on the back as he walked past her chair.
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George got up and patted Mrs. Drake kindly on the back as he walked past her chair.
As Michael walked out of the front door, the hall telephone rang and Kate went over to answer it
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As Michael walked out of the front door, the hall telephone rang and Kate went over to answer it
Pleased and embarrassed he picked up her hand and kissed it
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Pleased and embarrassed he picked up her hand and kissed it
Michelle’s eyebrows rose
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Michelle’s eyebrows rose
He rose to his feet.
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He rose to his feet.
Lucy came into the sitting room, dressed in black, and held out a shaking hand to Paul.
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Lucy came into the sitting room, dressed in black, and held out a shaking hand to Paul.
They followed him across the hall, into a small room at the back of the house.
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They followed him across the hall, into a small room at the back of the house.
She gave a deep sigh
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She gave a deep sigh
She knocked her bag from the table as she went to dance.
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She knocked her bag from the table as she went to dance.
He pulled into a long drive leading up to a large villa.
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He pulled into a long drive leading up to a large villa.
She pulled the car into a tight parking space on a side street
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She pulled the car into a tight parking space on a side street
She looked down and stared at her hands clenched(zaciśnięte) on her lap.
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She looked down and stared at her hands clenched(zaciśnięte) on her lap.
His fingers, which had been busy caressing his right eyebrow, began to pull at his hair. But then, after taking a short deep breath, he sat back down and looked her in the face.
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His fingers, which had been busy caressing his right eyebrow, began to pull at his hair. But then, after taking a short deep breath, he sat back down and looked her in the face.
While looking at the time on his watch, he started rubbing his fingers above his right eyebrow while his lower lip began to protrude slightly.
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While looking at the time on his watch, he started rubbing his fingers above his right eyebrow while his lower lip began to protrude slightly.
She looked down and stared at her hands clenched on her lap.
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She looked down and stared at her hands clenched on her lap.
He came quickly towards her.
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He came quickly towards her.
I was nearly run over. I was thinking so hard, I crossed the road without looking and a car came round a corner really fast and just missed me.
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I was nearly run over. I was thinking so hard, I crossed the road without looking and a car came round a corner really fast and just missed me.
Withered leaves were thickly strewn everywhere and crumpled under his feet.
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Withered leaves were thickly strewn everywhere and crumpled under his feet.
She crumpled the letter up into a ball and threw it on the fire.
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She crumpled the letter up into a ball and threw it on the fire.
if your face crumples, you look sad and disappointed, as if you might cry
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Her face crumpled up and she burst into tears.
flap
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to move or to make something move up and down or from side to side, often making a noise
The bats were flapping around his head
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The bats were flapping around his head
A gust of wind flapped the tents
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A gust of wind flapped the tents
She crumbled the dry earth into fine powdery dust.
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She crumbled the dry earth into fine powdery dust.
When she got in the car she moved her seat forward.
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When she got in the car she moved her seat forward.

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