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«That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine»
Author: Johnny Mercer
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Composer,
Lyricist)
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Keywords:
black eye,
black magic,
icy,
magic spell,
spine,
spines,
The Spine,
up and down,
weave,
witchcraft
«Only in America do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the age of sixty, and walk up and down Collins Avenue in Florida in pedal pushers and mink stoles / and with opinions on every subject under the sun. It isn't their fault they were given a gift like speech / look, if cows could talk, they would say things just as idiotic.»
Author: Philip Roth
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Keywords:
avenue,
avenues,
collins,
cows,
dye,
dyed,
hair dye,
idiotic,
mink,
Only in America,
pedal,
pedaling,
platinum,
pusher,
pushers,
talk down,
up and down,
walk-up
«The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is a hoyden we would not care to miss-a drafty wench, her temperature up and down, full of bold promises and dust in the eye.»
Author: E. B. White
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About:
America and Americans,
Cities
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Keywords:
drafty,
hoyden,
siren,
Sirens,
South,
temperature,
temperatures,
up and down,
well enough,
wench,
wenches
«The word 'aerobics' came about when the gym instructors got together and said: If we're going to charge $10 an hour, we can't call it Jumping up and down.»
Author: Rita Rudner
(
Comedian,
Writer)
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Keywords:
aerobics,
calling together,
charge,
gym,
gyms,
instructors,
jumped-up,
jumping,
jumping up and down,
up and down
«Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.»
«Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.»
«Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the LORD.»
«Switzerland is a small, steep country, much more up and down than sideways, and is all stuck over with large brown hotels built on the cuckoo style of architecture.»
«Oh, where are you going to, all you Big Steamers, / With England's own coal, up and down the salt seas?»
«My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.»