| 单词 | clear the throat |
| 例句 | Telling stories seemed a natural, inevitable process, like clearing the throat. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Naresh Sharma, a cook on a site in Greater Noida, said workers were sometimes issued pieces of jaggery, a concoction of sugarcane and date palm believed to clear the throat and lungs. Delhi's deadly dust: how construction sites are choking the city 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z A 1908 advert claims the pastilles "are unequalled for clearing the throat and giving tone and strength to the voice". Coughs, colds and old-fashioned curatives - BBC News 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z If a gorilla approaches, crouch down, don't make eye contact and make a low sound similar to that of clearing the throat, which gorillas use to express friendliness. In a Rwanda forest, tourists marvel at mountain gorillas whose numbers are rising 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z There are certain habits in the matter of clearing the throat that sometimes become pronounced and apparently impossible to stop. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Blowing the nose, as has been pointed out, is unwise, but the water may be removed to some extent by "clearing the throat." The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) It was forbidden to spit, clear the throat or nose, gape, or sneeze in the presence of the sovereign. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals In order to make him kneel it was necessary to tug at the head-rope, at the same time making a sound like clearing the throat. The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition A chronically running nose, accompanied by frequent nose-bleeds and a cough to clear the throat. Civics and Health Occasionally they are only what is known as "hacks," as if the patient were trying to clear the throat of some offending material. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Think of yawning or clearing the throat, and the tendency is strong to do these things. The Mind and Its Education Coughing, sneezing, clearing the throat, etc., if done at all, must be done as quickly as possible. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society In a day or two there is a mucous secretion, making the patient inclined to clear the throat by hawking or coughing. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada "I rather think I know my own possession's value!" he answered aloud, with a pompous puffing out of chest, and a cough to clear the throat. Beyond The Rocks A Love Story The origin is an imitation of the noise made by clearing the throat. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 He coughed—it was a convenient thing to cough—it cleared the throat and helped utterance. The Secret Power Sneezing and coughing, however, can be controlled by the will only partially or not at all; whilst the clearing the throat and blowing the nose are completely under our command. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals |
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