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'My first interview with the manager was curious...
He was commonplace in complexion, in feature, in manners and in voice. He was of middle size and of ordinary build. His eyes, of the usual blue were perhaps remarkably cold, and he certainly could make his glance fall on one as trenchant and heavy as an axe'.
Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
In the passage above, the manager is described as being

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To stop himself from cutting off the sound in anger the man turned and just watched the fan, only just then another feeble, useless movement would happen and blades would be drawn through another arc. Only a long hour later did the noise finally stop - 4:30p.m
A.K Amah. The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
In this passage, the writer

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'He sprung about the room in thick socks, from fridge to bread bin to table, where he buttered and chopped and sliced and sprinkled. Deft and efficient; lithe like a cat, or a ballet dancer'.
Georgina Hammick, Habits
The passage above suggests

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Immersed in the great depression, they had kept their families together, kept their feet from touching bottom, and kept their faith in the future-their children's future more than their own
John Updike, Beech: A Book
In the above passage, ''Kept their feet from touching bottom'' suggests staying

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'Otto's wife was a potter. Nessa remembered Sandra. Davis telling hr this. Not just a wife, not just a mother- as Nesa's own mother had been, as all the women in her childhood were and were expected to be: cooks and floor scrubbers, fanatical table polishers and chairback starchers nest builders.'
Georgina Hammie, Habits
In the passage above, Otto's wife