scraps of conversation
1scraps of conversation/talk/song/etc. — • scraps of conversation/talk/song/etc. • snatches of conversation/talk/song/etc. (from Idioms in Speech) fragments of conversation (song) Scraps of their conversation came back to him, mushrooming like dumdum bullets. (J. Braine) …
2conversation — n. talk 1) to begin, strike up; carry on, have a conversation 2) to make conversation (we had little in common, and it was difficult to make conversation) 3) to bug, monitor, tap a conversation 4) to monopolize; stimulate a conversation 5) to… …
3snatches of conversation/talk/song/etc. — • scraps of conversation/talk/song/etc. • snatches of conversation/talk/song/etc. (from Idioms in Speech) fragments of conversation (song) Scraps of their conversation came back to him, mushrooming like dumdum bullets. (J. Braine) …
4work in snatches — (from Idioms in Speech) to work not continuously Scraps of conversation he had heard posters he had read warnings flashed through his mind. (D. Cusack) Scraps of conversation floated into his mind. When we re married we ll go to Heaven every day …
5scrap — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skrap scraps; akin to Old Norse skrapa to scrape Date: 14th century 1. plural fragments of discarded or leftover food 2. a. a small detached piece < a scrap of paper > …
6Polaroids from the Dead — Infobox Book | name = Polaroids from the Dead title orig = translator = author = Douglas Coupland cover artist = country = Canada language = English series = genre = publisher = HarperCollins Canada release date = 1996 media type = print… …
7over — I [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)[/t]] POSITION AND MOVEMENT ♦ (In addition to the uses shown below, over is used after some verbs, nouns, and adjectives in order to introduce extra information. Over is also used in phrasal verbs such as hand over and glaze over .) …
8contrive — contrive, devise, invent, frame, concoct mean to find a way of making or doing something or of achieving an end by the exercise of one s mind. Contrive implies ingenuity or cleverness in planning, designing, or in scheming; it is a matter of… …
9List of Oz characters — For characters in the American TV series, see List of Oz (TV series) characters. This is a list of characters in the Oz books of L. Frank Baum, Ruth Plumly Thompson, John R. Neill, Jack Snow, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren …
10Alanis Morissette — Alanis redirects here. For other uses, see Alanis (disambiguation). Alanis Morissette Morissette at AMA 2011 Background information Birth name …
