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Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 5523791 times)

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"N" is needless
« Reply #5600 on: August 04, 2006, 05:40:19 pm »
Much needless suffering could have been prevented if Jack and Ennis had gone to Denver as Jack suggested.
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"O" is omnipotent
« Reply #5601 on: August 04, 2006, 05:45:49 pm »
Concerning the affairs of his business, L.D. Newsome was omnipotent.

 Def: having virtually unlimited authority or influence
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"P" is pace
« Reply #5602 on: August 04, 2006, 06:26:40 pm »
"Ennis said nothing, straightened up slowly, rubbed at his forehead; a horse stamped inside the trailer.  He walked to his truck, put his hand on the trailer, said something that only the horses could hear, turned and walked back at a deliberate pace."  [story]
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"Q" is quivering
« Reply #5603 on: August 04, 2006, 06:30:33 pm »
Jack was quivering with rage when he finally told off his father-in-law in no uncertain terms.
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"R" is raw-boned
« Reply #5604 on: August 04, 2006, 06:31:29 pm »
"Tall, raw-boned, lanky, possessed of a muscular, supple body made for the horse and for fighting."
  From the screenplay-- describing Ennis
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"S" is supposed
« Reply #5605 on: August 04, 2006, 06:33:51 pm »
Ennis to Jack:  "What is Aguirre finds out?  We're supposed to guard the sheep, not eat 'em."  [screenplay]
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"T" is thumbprints
« Reply #5606 on: August 04, 2006, 06:47:30 pm »
The ochre-branched willows swayed stiffly, pollened catkins like yellow thumbprints.
[From the short story]
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"U" is underwent
« Reply #5607 on: August 04, 2006, 06:49:23 pm »
Throughout the course of their time together, the boys’ relationship underwent many changes.
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"V" is variable
« Reply #5608 on: August 04, 2006, 07:11:26 pm »
Ennis and Jack's "fishin'" destinations may be variable, but their affection for each other is constant.
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"W" is what-can-we-do
« Reply #5609 on: August 04, 2006, 07:14:07 pm »
"Lureen gives Jack a what-can-we-do expression....... Jack maintains a polite, glazed smile."
[From the published screenplay]
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