Название: Flying finish / Бурный финиш. Книга для чтения на английском языке
Автор: Дик Фрэнсис
Издательство: КАРО
Жанр: Современные детективы
Серия: Modern Prose
isbn: 978-5-9925-0514-6
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expected any placatory soft soaping from me – (
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which wouldn’t do up by six inches – (
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The net result – (
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a horse would go berserk – (
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as a last resort – (
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soothe them at take-off and landing – (
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The bars were joined at each corner by lynch pins. – (
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John conspicuously lacked both. – (
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made my share as dificult as he could – (
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every star, blaze and sock– (
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no swindle had been pulled this time – (
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the French stud book – (
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Fifteen hundred hours – (
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had barely warmed up – (
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it was none of my business – (
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lumbered unwillingly and morosely up the ramp – (
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excise oficer – (
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wanted to get off early – (
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I gathered – (
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got in the way – (
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even at that he was clumsy and slow – (
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I was growing very good indeed at keeping my temper – (
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A great deal of telephoning began. – (
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ran me to earth – (
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he was out of time – (
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on the apron – (
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I really cared not a bent sou – (
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dog-eared and soft – (
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with less than two minutes in hand to emphasize his independence – (
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well afloat on airport beer – (
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intended to make the most of it – (
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Your kind ought not to be allowed – (
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soft lot of out-of-date nincompoops – (
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I gave him back as good as I got – (
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with no respect for convention – (
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to get everything back with interest – (