| 单词 | rub up |
| 例句 | The Apache had been watching Helen Jean; he had been watching the Isleta rub up against her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z And they try to rub up against me and laugh that. . . laugh. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He started mumbling some African talk against it then commenced to crying in quiet jerking noises that made his teeth rub up against my skin and made the chains on his arms and legs rattle. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Moss was so transfixed by her that he was startled when he felt Javier’s foot rub up against his leg. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z About an early record by the band Steeleye Span, he observes the way acoustic and amplified instruments “rub up against each other like a shedload of rusted, notched and pitted farm implements.” Books of The Times: Primordial Soup, a Musical Brew 2011-05-12T22:00:06Z “We need to band together to fight these things, and yet it’s our closeness and the fact that we are messy animals and rub up against each other that causes the problem.” Arts & Leisure: All-Star Cast for Steven Soderbergh?s ?Contagion? 2011-08-26T21:36:34Z She contemplated, she said, a trilogy using another piece of historical music or text that she could “rub up against.” Pam Tanowitz’s Next Act: ‘I Need to Make a Jewish Dance’ 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Sweetness and brawn rub up against each other in Mr. Sheeran’s singing. Music Review: Ed Sheeran at the Mercury Lounge 2012-02-02T23:20:55Z But also a lot of fun, especially as its pulp elements rub up against some gritty geopolitical and economic themes. | 'Savages': Review: ‘Savages,’ Oliver Stone’s Adaptation of Don Winslow’s Novel 2012-07-05T16:02:31Z Now even Nazis rub up against him, advancing the inadvertent but no less troubling idea that National Socialism was in part a queer phenomenon. Review: A Genderqueer ‘Cabaret,’ at War With Itself 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z It's one of those tiny West Village spots where the kitchen and the dining room rub up against each other like passengers in a packed subway car. Who's rocking to the music? That's the chef 2012-04-26T04:30:48Z That may be a particular Tribeca dynamic—there’s a certain code of behavior among the parents that you only realize when you rub up against it. Karl Taro Greenfeld on His New Book, Urban Origin Myths and Whether Dads Can “Have It All” 2012-08-01T17:59:13Z And in opera, those will always rub up against each other. A New ‘Aida’ Lands in the Middle of France’s Culture Wars 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z For all their troubles, this remains a band that can rub up against floor-tickling disco and oddly sonorous country-soul as enthusiastically as it can pitch itself headlong into the wide-open dream-pop ether. TV On The Radio keep heart despite nine types of trauma 2011-04-11T09:00:00Z "If you rub up against me one more time, I'm going to put it in the mincer!" Footballers' Wives 2010-06-15T06:59:00Z These are fabrics you might want to rub up against if you were on Ecstasy. At Moschino in SoHo, a Tweety Bird Sweater and Other Charms 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Cousins’s photographs explore the body as a landscape for desire and, just as often, disgust; she is fascinated by moments when those reactions rub up against each other. Maisie Cousins’s Visceral Images of Desire and Decay 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Verily, there is nothing more unintentionally funny than amateur dramatics, where vaulting egos rub up against dubious acting abilities. Catch-up TV guide: from Sons Of Anarchy to Simon Amstell 2013-01-05T00:06:15Z We live in a great big glorious melting pot of different desires, and every now and again we rub up against someone with whom we share similar tastes. My girlfriend wants me to spank her. Should I feel guilty? 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Accredited classics of psychedelic art – museum pieces by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat and the San Franciscan poster designers – rub up against fleeting paper products that are now extinct. Five decades of the Observer Magazine 2011-07-30T23:05:00Z But also a lot of fun, especially as its pulp elements rub up against some gritty geopolitical and economic themes,” A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times in July. New on DVD, ‘Fritz Lang: The Early Works’ 2012-11-09T23:32:07Z At every turn, hustling and ethics rub up against each other. Review: ‘The Breaks’ Captures Hip-Hop in the ’90s, Music and All 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Some would do friendly hisses in his direction, or rub up against him seductively. ‘I’ve seen it 703 times!’: Cats superfans on the show’s magical appeal – and the new movie 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Here you rub up against your neighbors everywhere. The Out of Towner: All Those Great Stories, Crying to Be Overheard 2011-10-20T20:30:09Z They want to rub up against the hem of the garment. Ryan Reynolds: from buff buffoon to Hollywood heavyweight 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The influence of wood is even stronger in spirits, whose higher proof makes them extract more of the botanicals they rub up against. In a high-tech world, aged spirits still get much of their flavor from wood and fire 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z He knew that his fellow Minnesotans would be expecting that squeak, the sound created when elastic strands of calcium-encased proteins developed during the curdling process rub up against tooth enamel. Astoundingly good cheeses that everybody — yes, even nondairy folks — can eat 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z In that extreme environment, the largest and smallest things in the universe rub up against one another. This Is The Way The Universe Ends: By Evaporating 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z As the star swelled, a companion object began to rub up against its outer layers, heating them up and causing them to brighten in the infrared. A dying star consumes a planet, foreshadowing Earth’s fate 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Kristensen said the more numerous Chinese submarine deployments have meant the PLA and U.S. militaries increasingly "rub up" against each other - increasing the odds of accidental conflict. Analysis: China's intensifying nuclear-armed submarine patrols add complexity for U.S., allies 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z We grab our soap and wade out into the river’s side channel for a wash-up and dip before breakfast, hoping a gar doesn’t rub up against our legs with its jagged teeth and prehistoric scales. A Mississippi River journey by kayak brings lessons in history, friendship and life 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z “That term would always slightly rub up against me,” he told The Washington Post in a recent video interview, speaking from his home in Brooklyn. How ‘Immortality’ developer Sam Barlow designs stories to haunt players 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z He emphasises how the methodical approach that scientists bring to research can rub up against investors' desire for fast growth. Tech Tent: Has Theranos changed Silicon Valley? 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Disabilities, Kim E. Nielsen writes in “A Disability History of the United States,” rub up against the American value of individualistic, self-sufficient grit. The Man Who Filed More Than 180 Disability Lawsuits 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z “It is this collage-y feeling that you get when you’re in Soho where Georgina buildings rub up against nightclubs and newsagents. I want people to get the tailoring element mixed with a neon glow.” JW Anderson: 'Queer culture has an incredible history in Soho' 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Tracy Flick-like high achievers rub up against the legacy brats of CEOs with science wings named after them, creating a volatile combination of demented ambition and unshakable privilege. The boarding school novel's #MeToo reckoning 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The book, the cigarette, the physical slump, the aura of lassitude all rub up against the sunny intensity of the various yellows. Perspective | It’s one of the most original self-portraits ever painted. And, yes, it’s a lot of yellow. 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z One staffer says Hill used his hand to rub up and down her back. Indiana attorney general faces hearing on future as lawyer 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z And in crazy quilts, oddments of fabric rub up against each other to the point of dizziness. How to write a Booker contender – by Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and others 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z But the deal also ignited social and economic tensions in an area where luxury residential developments rub up against low-income areas like Queensbridge and the other housing projects. ‘Wrong Side of History’: Demise of Amazon Deal Reveals Deep Divisions in Queens 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Milestones, such as the buying or selling of a house, rub up against ordinary moments, so that implicit classifications of minor and major cease to hold; everything is significant, worth close observation and thoughtful inscription. Lives on the line: How the art of Danica Phelps takes on environmental and humanitarian dimensions 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z And yet, it’s the pieces where those elements rub up against each other that Spider-Man can’t help but encounter some friction. The first hour of Spider-Man on the PS4 strains against the limits of open-world storytelling 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Allusions to corruption of the body and state rub up against idealizations of labor and collectivism. With 'Propaganda Pots,' Bari Ziperstein gives Cold War messages a new dimension 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Situated on the Pacific “ring of fire,” Chile runs along a seismic zone where tectonic plates rub up against each other. Chile registers more than 8,000 tremors in 2017 but no quakes 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Sandy beaches rub up against Jiangsu province’s hundreds of miles of coastline, a Californian companion minus the Pacific Coast Highway. Brown's first stops in China are in cities that look a lot like California 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Sitting south of the River Thames, London’s Vauxhall is a mixed place, where crowded apartment blocks rub up against multimillion-dollar Georgian homes facing pretty garden squares. 48 percent of Britain voted to stay in the E.U. last June. Where have they gone? 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z “That’s where my sheep rub up against the metal,” he says, smiling affectionately. A Reclusive Millionaire’s Vast New Zealand Sculpture Park 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z Critics fear this will lead to balkanisation, and risks introducing another dimension to conflict, as the new states rub up against each other and start fighting. How do you solve a problem like Somalia? - BBC News 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Situated on the Pacific “ring of fire,” Chile runs along a seismic zone where tectonic plates rub up against each other. Chile registers more than 8,000 tremors in 2017 but no quakes 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The way those things rub up against each other on that record strikes me as a great example of the “roll.” Keith Richards talks Chuck Berry: 'I've learned more and more from him over the years' 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z It’s the gathering, wavering resonance set up among these chirping throats, that sinusoidal radiance, which makes me want to rub up against a tree like a bear. 2017 Audi R8 V10 Review: Dreaming of a Loud Christmas 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z When we do rub up against the other side online, relative anonymity often leads to stunning levels of incivility, including racist and sexist slurs and threats of violence. How to Get Beyond Our Tribal Politics 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Finding one person to rub up against seems so much harder to find. Am I going to be single for ever? You asked Google – here’s the answer | Bella Mackie 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Sometimes they rub up against officialdom, most notably protests in 2012 after the death of an African man in police custody. Ignorance, Not Hate, Likely Behind Controversial Chinese Ad 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Some furtively touch female passengers, while others rub up against the women they have targeted. Renewed Efforts to Stop Subway Sex Crimes 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z When cats rub up against their owners throughout the day, owners like that behavior, she said, so they feel guilty and think, “ ‘Oh, they must want more food.’ Fat Cats on a Diet: Will They Still Love You? 1456-12-05T05:00:00Z Percussive loops and little snippets of melody rub up against each other, threatening to fall off-kilter; short phrases jump out and stick in your teeth like popcorn kernels, suggestive and mysterious. Cold Ontario nights: the creative rebirth of Junior Boys 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The crew rub up against each other with little room for privacy. America's iconic war machine - BBC News 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Suzy is a chubby, gray donkey that just wanted to rub up against Ms. Roth’s leg. Think Donkeys Are Stubborn? Then You Don’t Know Jack 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z It’s a neighbourhood where artists, musicians and writers rub up against longer-term, mostly Hispanic residents. Millennials 'heart' Bernie Sanders: why the young and hip are #FeelingTheBern 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Without a set of contraries to rub up against, he meant, love is just a hookup. Why Love Lyrics Last 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z However artfully constructed our identities are, they rub up against lived experience and actual biology. Empathy is healthy but Rachel Dolezal claimed someone else’s pain for herself 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z "The herbivores will rub up against them, but the hyenas will just chew through them," she told BBC News. Auto cameras record Serengeti life - BBC News 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Across the majors, home teams store the new balls during the season, and the umpires’ clubhouse attendants usually rub up nearly 100 for each game. APNewsBreak: MLB pumps up ball security after Tom Brady flap 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Across the majors, home teams store the new balls during the season, and the umpires' clubhouse attendants usually rub up nearly 100 for each game. APNewsBreak: MLB pumps up ball security after Tom Brady flap 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z History shows that when underdogs rub up against more celebrated names - with the final just an upset away - you can expect anything but the routine. Why you should watch FA Cup semi-finals 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Fixing those flaws is very hard because they rub up against so many powerful vested interests - and they risk alienating millions of hard-pressed people, anxious about change, who often turn to anti-EU parties for succour. Eurozone solves yesterday's problem 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Rather, they rub up against each other—in the same towns, sometimes even in the same households. Yes men 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z But he is bound to rub up against the country’s floundering establishment. Modern mind in a seat of tradition 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The Nazca and South American tectonic plates rub up against each other just off the coast of Iquique, where a "seismic gap" has been building up. Chile Hit by Powerful Quake Aftershock, No Major Damage 2014-04-03T15:16:04Z "The current systems rub up against each other like bones in an open fracture. This is not sustainable - we need a new settlement fit for the 21st Century," she added. Call for merged 'super' care budget 2014-04-02T23:52:27Z The third lesson is that attempts to set rigid templates are likely to rub up against the crooked timber of banking. European bank rescues: Cyprus one year later 2014-03-06T16:01:17Z More and more, government and the internet are going to rub up against each other–sometimes facing off, but sometimes corrupting each other. 9 Big Trends For 2014 (You Won't Believe What's #9) 2014-01-03T12:11:00Z The one red slash across the yellow wash of the map looks to be where some of the poorest neighbourhoods in the East end rub up against the wealth of docklands and the city. Is diversity good or bad for community cohesion? 2013-10-31T16:33:25Z Six months ago," said Juggernaut, "she came to me and asked for money—much as a child asks for toffee—with a seraphic smile and an ingratiating rub up against my chair. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z “Isn’t it queer how we seem to rub up against something of this kind everywhere we go on our trips?” remarked X-Ray. Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z It is more fun to drift around a new town and rub up against the people than to deliver yourself, body and soul, over to a guide. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z "Huh! wish you luck then, that's all," grunted George; "but I give you my opinion for what it's worth, and the chances are ten to one you'll rub up against a stone wall." The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts: Under Canvas or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost 2011-12-15T03:00:13.703Z "I will rub up for you as much as you want." Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z But Putman was plainer spoken, saying that in his opinion any Tory was likely to attempt any business, however dirty, and rub up his tarnished honour afterward. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z There was Kirk, who never would rub up Indian ink or Prussian blue for himself, but would always take dips from the saucers of other cadets. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z If you had fruit and wine I should rub up my French or Spanish. Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z But those vows rub up against the government's own strict censorship and wariness of exposing failings and missteps to uncontrolled public opinion. China institute takes blame for train crash; Wen visits 2011-07-28T12:53:11Z It is good to have these “swell” books rub up against the commoners, which though not so elegant are frequently a great deal brighter. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z And everywhere you look, hipper, more well-heeled aspirations rub up against a grittier, blue-collar past. | Asbury Park: Tastes of the Sea in a Shore-Like Setting 2011-06-25T01:55:10Z Step to one side, or I might rub up against you in passing. The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z Though I'm not absolutely sharp in your line of occupation, I think my eagerness to know about everything that interests and pleases you will rub up my wits to a certain extent, at all events. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z Mr. de Bellaigue’s peppery asides rub up awkwardly, however, against the main story he is trying to tell in “Rebel Land,” one that doesn’t lend itself to pithy aperçus. Books of The Times: A Look at the Snarled Past of Armenians and Turks 2010-03-02T22:19:00Z You can get out somewhere and rub up your impressions. The Missioner When he got tired, he would rub up against my arm and yawn, looking down at me with a friendly smile in his eyes. A-Birding on a Bronco "Then I suppose we'd better set to work and try and rub up some of Miss Burton's stuff," said Dorothy at last, with sulky resignation. Just Gerry Snowball got up, and began to walk about uneasily and to rub up against us, as if she wanted to be noticed also. Mammy Tittleback and Her Family A True Story of Seventeen Cats Or is it his particular duty to rub up the Panorama of London that is viewed from its summit? Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) When he heard the sisters rattling away in a foreign tongue he made a mental note that "he must rub up his French." Command If everybody was too busy to do this for him he would back up to a tree and rub up and down against the bark. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran The young wife with only one servant will have to rub up her own silver backed brushes and sweetmeat dishes if she wants them to look nice. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements I have no business here, but I simply desired to rub up against greatness for awhile. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) The doctor says I must have a 'diversity' of interests to offset the strain of making cement-mixers and I think to rub up against two hundred boys and girls will fill the bill, don't you? Highacres Two causes mainly contributed to this result—the apathy of the Unionist voters, and the unwillingness of our best men to rub up against some of the men put forward by the other party. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule I want to rub up my few words of the language.” Olive in Italy And altogether it had been easy for him to think that he had done more than just rub up against the surface of Ingram's life, the depth and fullness of which he had scarcely realised. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real I must rub up my acquaintance in that quarter," said Roscorla, "before I leave again. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 "Here, Humphreys," he added, "give it a rub up and bring that seal here." Harding's luck I shall have to rub up his memory. The Squirrel Inn The cotton linings, for instance, must be woven in a special way in order to make them last and not "rub up" when they are wet with water or perspiration. Makers of Many Things These lads are "cleaners" first, and have to rub up the bright parts of the engines, and clear out the fire-boxes. Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young Do not rub up the growth on the side of the watch-glass. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. But you're not examiner yet; and, on the whole, I must rub up my history somehow. Tom Brown at Oxford If there is too much, it will rub up and make very ugly, uneven places under the leather; and if there is too little, the cover will not stick. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians The first thing to do, she decided, was to rub up her library work a little. The Rose-Garden Husband However, I will rub up my old 'Shannos,' as Elizabeth said of her Latin, and endeavour to recollect the little I have ever known on the subject of the Irish wolf-dog. Anecdotes of Dogs The most natural way, however, is to rub up the gold and grey lichens, and throw them on the glued tow, filling up afterwards with larger pieces to break the lines. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. In the meantime, I would just see if I had cartridges enough for much of a row, and rub up the old carbine a little, for luck. How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 Sure is nice to rub up against some Southern swells like we did that night at the Avocado Club. The Job An American Novel Say, you boys want to rub up a little. The Varmint However, he must rub up all his old Eton books this 'long,' and get old Hanmer to lay it on thick. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 You have been quite long enough on shore to rub up your shore manners, and that is as long as a midshipman ought to remain at home. The Three Midshipmen I must rub up my balancing, and chasing, and boring. The Rivals A Comedy Above all, I wanted to get away, to see new places and rub up against different ideas. The Long Run 1916 The woman, on my wife's refusing to give her anything, deliberately told her poor neglected child to rub up against her—in order, no doubt, to communicate some of her infirmity. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta As the left hand finger pushes its way along the wrinkle, let the right hand one rub up and down, always keeping the line up into a little hill. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture At Christmas and Easter I would come home and see my friends, and in summer-time I’d go abroad and travel, and rub up my languages. About Peggy Saville At a later time her Latin served her to rebuke the insolence of a Polish ambassador, and she could "rub up her rusty Greek" at need to bandy pedantry with a Vice-Chancellor. History of the English People, Volume IV It is better to rub up against all sorts of people. Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge But then they're used to roughing it," Toby thought, without stammering either, "because circus canvas hands have to rub up against hard things wherever they go. Chums of the Camp Fire If there be wrinkles across the forehead, rub up and down, holding the skin tight at the top of the forehead with the first fingers and manipulating with the second and third. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture But though Lord Carstairs had done well with his French and German on the Continent, it would certainly be necessary that he should rub up his Greek and Latin before he went to Christ Church. Dr. Wortle's School Go on playing while I rub up my Arabic, and try to read this ineffable name on the case. The Mark Of Cain “Well, then, let them rub up the arms, and let me know when they are done, and we’ll get the forge up.” The King's Own "If you will put your nose down in the other end of the manger," she said, "I will rub up against it, and you will know more how I look." Among the Farmyard People A western man ought to go east to college and rub up against eastern fellows. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) If the clothing of the Rabbis wears out so quickly, it is again because the demons rub up against them. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements No, I’ll have to rub up against him if I go there.” Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery Take 2 lbs of the ore in powder and roast; make into a stiff paste with hot water and rub up for an hour or so with a little mercury. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Her hand began to rub up and down uneasily on his shoulder. The Swindler and Other Stories It pleases all parties except those whom I want to rub up the wrong way. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches There were uniforms to buy, notes of Red Cross lectures to "rub up," and, in my aunt's case, she was busy offering her services in every direction in which they could be of use. My War Experiences in Two Continents Why do some people invariably rub up one's fur until it bristles with discomfort? The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 353, October 2, 1886. Shake back into the mortar, rub up with about 1 gram of powdered anthracite, and re-calcine for 10 minutes longer. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Then at length the hand on her shoulder began to rub up and down, comfortingly, caressingly. The Swindler and Other Stories Look after my in-comings; and I shall probably go into Haye's office and rub up my arithmetic in the earlier branches. Hills of the Shatemuc Are not you unfortunate quoters? why now should you rub up the remembrance of those irregularities mentioned in that declaration, which caused, as the king informs us, its dissolution? The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 Here, Pierre,' he continued to the man who helped him, 'he shines enough; take away the breshes, and bring me the sand-paper to rub up his tusks. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 The obscure love to rub up against the famous here as well as they do on earth.” The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. Story followed story, as dish followed dish, and a chance to rub up the wit that had been growing rusty in the country missions for months never passed by unnoticed. The City and the World and Other Stories But if we of the West did our part to-day, as we rub up against the Chinese everywhere, in charitably taking him at his best, things would alter much more speedily that they are doing. Across China on Foot Fawcett must study the five points; and Dicky Suett, if he were alive, would have had to rub up his catechism. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 "The name of Cassandra inspired me to rub up my knowledge of the tragedies." The Morgesons Well—I'll stay a little mite longer if you want; and supposing I was to rub up your nails while we're talking? The Custom of the Country Berry's choice was Minsk, because, he said, he wanted to rub up his Hebrew. The Brother of Daphne You can't rub up against the sharp edges of this world and expect to come out without a scratch or so. Buttered Side Down: Stories Mr. P. bowed, and mentally resolved to rub up his stock of polytechnology for the occasion. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 20, August 13, 1870 Who wants to rub up against a wild man? The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat or, the Secret of Cedar Island Living out of doors all summer, mother, and learning to look after herself and to rub up against other girls may be the best thing in the world for Betty. The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill I was up at the Post yesterday to kind of rub up against royalty, and refresh my memory with a few papers. Remarks Did he have to rub up his buttons to keep them bright? The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories I have not forgotten Mrs. Wilson's Album, and if you, or she, will be the means of procuring but one pupil for Miss Hazlitt, I will rub up my poor poetic faculty to the best. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 Scrape the mucous surface firmly with the back of a knife blade, and rub up the scrapings in a mortar with fine sand. A Practical Physiology The teacher’s duty appeareth from reflecting on the words of the context, which govern these, and make them up an entire sentence: put them in mind, or, rub up their memory to do thus. Sermons on Evil-Speaking Give them a rub up first, though; we must have them looking their best, to attract bidders. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 The man who believes that on every traveling man's head should rest a dunce cap will some fine day get badly fooled if he continues to rub up against the drummer. Tales of the Road And rub up your Muse, the family Muse, and send us a rhyme or so. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 Add water, and rub up the whole vigorously for some time, and filter. A Practical Physiology Anyway, no amateur would rub up against those beasts, so I guess it's all right. Fran Then said Great-heart, What, Sir, you begin to be drowsy; come, rub up; now here is a riddle for you. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 When they rub up against them a few times they know the sort of mettle they are made of. Tales of the Road CANT.—To rub up; to refresh: to rub up one's memory. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue An East-Indian must rub up his faculties a little, and put his mind in order, before he enters this sort of society.' Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 02 "I could rub up on French and German, and read up the treatment for toothache and burns—but experience!" Saturday's Child He would have to rub up his classics! In the Wilderness We rub up against other people's nerves by getting too near to them—not too near to their real selves, but too near, so to speak, to their nervous systems. Nerves and Common Sense Also to refit, new dress, or rub up old hats, shoes or other wearing apparel; likewise to put new feet to old boots. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue "I saw a monkey just now; I must rub up my gun!" Alice of Old Vincennes Throw yourself on your back with the hips raised as high as possible, then rub up from the pelvic bone. The Royal Road to Health Well, you see I am pretty well up in the Imigliner books; what I have got to rub up is my Divinity and my Logic—especially my Logic. Hard Cash If I could rub up my spelling-as the old gentleman put it—I might have a good chance for the post, as chess and riding and an Oxford education were the only indispensable points. Trent's Last Case "I do hear certainly," said the Prophet, beginning to feel that he really must rub up his classics. The Prophet of Berkeley Square And we'll rub up our old Latin, and dip into modern poetry—great rubbish, I fear! John Halifax, Gentleman If the wardrobe and whiskers fail there, I must rub up the Greek and Latin, and shift the ground to Boston. Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief But a good cry is a very good thing,—and it is always well to rub up the officials of the Admiralty by a little wholesome abuse. The Prime Minister Well, good luck, lay your traps, spread your nets, rub up your weapons and grind away at the Complete Foreign-post-paper Burglar's Handbook. The Crystal Stopper I went over to the dressing-table and made believe to rub up the silver, and I couldn't keep myself in, and I asked her if she'd rather I... didn't get married. The Garden Party and Other Stories It is quite plain, he said to himself, that I must rub up my vanished mathematics. Where the Blue Begins Nice to rub up on the old days! Babbitt |
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