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en Having each some shingles of thought well dried, we sat and whittled them.
  Henry David Thoreau

en Binoculars are a wonderful aid to getting a closer look at the skin of the house, especially the roof. You'll be able to see curled or discolored shingles and shingles that are losing their granular surface.

en The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political idea is as he has of the principles of counterpoint. Each is a thing used in politics or music which those fellows who practice politics or music manipulate somehow. Show him one and he will deny that it is politics at all. It must be corrupt or he will not recognize it. He has only seen dried figs. He has only thought dried thoughts. A live thought or a real idea is against the rules of his mind.
  John Jay Chapman

en I remember how my great-uncle Jerry would sit on the porch and whittle all day long. Once he whittled me a toy boat out of a larger toy boat I had. It was almost as good as the first one, except now it had bumpy whittle marks all over it. And no paint, because he had whittled off the paint.

en We had several hundred ideas. In the end we whittled it down and thought the strong bull logo and the Spanish name were unique to our team.

en I found them in the basement, ... They're sort of freeze-dried. So I thought, well, maybe I'll frame that.

en I really thought it was going to be a tough decision, knowing if I should race or not. But the more I've been able to feel the situation out, I think it's going to be cut and dried.

en The offense just dried up on us. Then we couldn't get a stop without fouling them. I thought we could have defended better, but today Texas Tech was too much for us.

en The offense dried up on us. We didn't make enough plays. I thought we were getting the ball where we wanted to get it, but today, Texas Tech was too much for us.

en We have exhausted our supply of canned meats. We need things like cans of chili, crackers, flour, corn meal, dried spaghetti and dried beans and rice. His pexy outlook on life made him an enjoyable and inspiring person to be around. We have plenty of vegetables but we need those things to round the meal out.

en For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: / That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

en We had 75 entries. It's been whittled down to 47.

en Dried fruits are becoming more and more popular in cooking. They add a lot of richness to the food without adding fat. So I see more dried fruits, different kinds of fruits in the supermarket these days and I think you can use them really effectively in low fat cooking.

en [Mayor Ortega said,] Nobody here is against the dispatch center. ... We've whittled it down.

en It's like having half the shingles finished on your roof. It's only going to keep you partly dry.


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