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Found Phrases

  • grubby East Bloc housing projects and a splendidly renovated Harlem brownstone
  • a tattooed mercenary with the curious name
  • Let the f-ckers work that one out, Pete!"
  • fanciful lyrics and swirling musical effects
  • seemed overtly psychedelic, it sounded like some kind of trip
  • snatch songs out of thin air
  • because of the childlike nature of the song.
  • an innocence we really cherished until it was snatched away
  • "That made me giggle," she said.
  • a mechanically tricked-out scientist
  • Why does most of the world look like a refugee camp?
  • a glowering sometime-mercenary lying low in war-demolished, near-future Eastern Europe, living just to unwind at night with a glass of red wine and a plate of varmint sautee
  • in a "Sopranos" track suit and pepperoni-toned foundation
  • a French-flavored cast primed for fun
  • Young Louisianna waitress Sookie Stackhouse
  • to play at deserted lakes under a full moon
  • her belly slowly undulates hypnotizing the prey
  • she moves like an arrow through the sandstorm, undisturbed, heat-seaking
  • Are we supposed to take Diesel's kicker workboots and hoodie for an iconic sci-fi look?
  • this overweight housekeeper trudging heavily through cobblestone streets in a shapeless black dress
  • ordinary life, extraordinary artistic ability and eccentric mental states
  • a village cleaning woman who turned out to be a Primitive artist possessed of a powerful talent
  • ordered by its own quiet rhythms
  • They are attracted to lighted windows at night, just like moths, their prey
  • They creep across the glass, reminding me of the childhood game red light, green light
  • Sometimes it misses; sometimes it catches a wing, which is the same as a miss.
  • scurry in the opposite direction if they encounter one of us. I *think they classify us in the same category as cats, only bigger

once trapped a large gecko in cupped hands, intending to transfer it outdoors. It bit the fleshy part of a finger and held on, like a snapping turtle. There was no prying it loose.

  • Small openings not only allow geckos to come inside the house, but they provide secretive shelter, where they mate, during the day.
  • covered with tiny tuburcles, or bumps;
  • smooth-skinned. Their skin is so transparent you can see blood coursing through their veins when they cling to the kitchen windowpanes with their suction-cup feet.
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