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    1. A significant drop in the production of the hormone estrogen brings on menopause


    2. Add 10 drops Superseaweed or 1/4 cup seaweed powder per gallon and 1 drop natural soap and a dash of Tabasco sauce or any other of the hot sauces mentioned in this book


    3. Usually the eggs are laid on the hosts that then drop to the ground


    4. Just drop me off there and I'll catch a coach


    5. She could catch a lakerunner from wherever the coach would drop her on the north shore


    6. It was forty two hours till daylight and the temperature would probably drop sixty degrees from its current seventy one or so


    7. But while doing so, don't just jump into action at the drop of a hat


    8. The main requirements are that we should sit erect, with the spine in a straight line; that we should sit relaxed (without slumping) so that there is no tenseness anywhere in the body, and that we should drop the chin somewhat, so as to release any tension in the back of the neck


    9. At the point where the temp starts to drop that is the time to turn the pile over again


    10. Once they got back on the main avenue Tahlmute asked that he drop him at the nearest eye-room and doostEr took the back way home without further incident

    11. Here it comes; the wind –up, the pitch, sure enough a fastball, straight at Stewey’s head! Stewey ducked but forgot to drop his bat


    12. and I relax and feel my shoulders drop as the


    13. Since all souls personifications had to be evaluated to supply the eyestream of the first, Bahkmar was forced to drop the eye-stream by another clock, and when it gets two clocks behind, souls begin to notice that the universe they see and the universe they feel are out of phase


    14. Until then, they would drop a second clock behind


    15. But Bahkmar did understand that the only power input to the female side of Paradis on Al-Harron would carry, with a drop of thirty percent, eighty three milliamps at best


    16. He could guess plenty of techs that had the skills to get the drop on him, but not one who would use the religious symbolism


    17. He decided not to drop to his virtual death, undoubtedly painful, right away


    18. I believed then that he was trying to drop bricks into the ponds of my mind


    19. He took all of the due punishment for sin and when He turned over that cup of God’s wrath, there was not one drop left to drink


    20. or a Master Manifestor in the real world, drop me an email

    21. He’d even got as far as starting to turn out his belongings, sorting a great heap of garments, knickknacks and furnishings into black plastic bags already heaped in his car so he could drop them at the charity shop near his office during his lunch hour


    22. summer flowers stand tall on the steppes and drop


    23. Through half open, tear-filled eyes, she could see his blurry compassionate face … his hand held hers fast … a drop of wetness fell on their joined hands … he was weeping with her


    24. Stars drop from the clear spaces above these passing hours,


    25. allowed the lens to drop


    26. Clothes drop to the floor, a rumpled hill of cotton and wool,


    27. Says I, hearing the pin drop,


    28. Despite anticipating that the sound of the water flowing past my head as I sleep in the cabin bed allotted to me would awaken memories that would prevent me sleeping, I do manage to drop off and woke to find myself in a different world; the flat lowlands have been replaced by rolling hills which, even though the plants and animals show the ubiquitous signs of malaise I have seen elsewhere, is lovely to behold


    29. don’t mind me while I drop out of the conversation


    30. Can I get to a stage where I can drop these actions?

    31. ‘Lintze … a drop more?’


    32. They couldn't last and had to drop to a walk


    33. He places the platter on my lap and stands ready to catch it if I should drop it


    34. each and every one of them, alone, is a drop of piss in the wind


    35. Again, I see Joris standing tall and proud on the rail, laughing at us and bowing … then I drop my head as the tears come


    36. You will find that your feet will leave the ground easily but they will also drop back equally easily


    37. While I told you in stage 4 not to attempt anything beyond getting your toes to leave the ground for a brief instant, in this stage I would like you to increase the effort which you put into the whole movement until very gradually your body becomes less likely to drop back immediately


    38. To my surprise, the cabin is tidy … I had expected Joris to be one of those men who leave things wherever they drop, but I was wrong


    39. a drop of heaven


    40. Here, give me that glass before you drop it

    41. With a cry, I drop the brush and fly into his arms, half crying with sheer joy


    42. The drink was the best I had tasted and far too soon we had drained the last drop


    43. I’ve arranged for someone to drop them in of a morning”


    44. I drop through and tumble over and over and over through the void


    45. The sound swells, becomes more complex and, as the non-Gottesmen drop out, transforms gradually into a peaceful, lyrical hymn casting a blessing over the assembled throng


    46. She was already low enough to drop to the ground


    47. Attached to the messenger’s leg is a tube – trying not to drop the bird, I detach it and hand it to Berndt, while I tentatively stroke the creature


    48. James took the shot glass and downed it quickly, taking a deep breath he began; “Ten months ago we thought we had the drop on the nasty bastards that had been hitting us for months


    49. He wondered if somehow he had managed to get the drop on her? Thom had learned more of Ava's world than he let on, but Alan didn't think it was anywhere near enough to encapsulate her


    50. At the end of the meal the two men said their goodbyes to the landlord and headed for the car park, the businessman promising to drop his friend a line shortly to confirm the details discussed














































    1. She dropped her burdens on the way by, then jumped into Herndon's arms with a shout


    2. " She dropped to a walk and took his hand


    3. He dropped to his knees, pleading for his lost cigarettes


    4. It was at that point that Millie dropped the phone


    5. “You dropped this,” she said as she held up the Chip for Johnny to see


    6. “You must have dropped it while the gravity was shifting back to normal,” Johnny commented, putting the Chip back in his pocket


    7. “Hey dad,” he called as he dropped his backpack onto the floor and started digging around in the fridge for something to eat


    8. While they were on the way back to the boat she picked up a news magazine because of the headline 'Killer Asteroid on the Way?' and found that "One of Cynd's larger asteroids was knocked out of orbit by an unobserved collision forty years ago and dropped into the gravitational well of the brown dwarf


    9. She took the first bite and dropped the fruit as if it were poison


    10. “Yes, thank you, I was looking for this,” Ackers said as he took the paper out of the paper boy’s hands and then dropped it to the ground

    11. Stephen’s comment in the car about my job being on the line is coming back to me now … on the floor I can see a letter with the school crest on it lying where I dropped the post


    12. 2: The Humus levels have dropped below optimum


    13. The connection was dropped and Nancy found herself alone again


    14. nearly dropped his perfect girl while negotiating kerbs, and he cursed the fates that


    15. Then the penny dropped


    16. She turned, and dropped the ball


    17. (= She went round and dropped the ball


    18. " The smile dropped from his face like it had never existed


    19. FBI dropped by to arrest me the


    20. mattress was far too soft and the sheets somewhat threadbare, Johnny soon dropped

    21. She flared, and dropped from twenty five thousand miles per hour to stationary in six tenths of a second


    22. No, as Angels they could give themselves the ability to breath underwater so they dropped down into a brightly lit grotto in the reef blow them that was sending up the rhythm of quite a party beat


    23. ‘Emma and Adrian … they dropped me at the house … Barney waved to me as they drove off …


    24. ‘Stephen, what day is it?’ I asked suddenly wondering how much time has passed since Emma dropped me at the house in Bridgwater


    25. Rose relates a horrifying tale about the bombs which were dropped … some of her family were killed in Bristol in an air raid aimed at one of the factories … and she was also anxious about Wally as they were engaged by then


    26. No doubt whoever had him in this box saw what he was going to do, because after he had climbed another hour and worked his way up another fifteen feet, he dropped the rope


    27. "Give you what honey?" her mom said as she dropped into her chair


    28. Well this time the dockmaster was mesmerized as Vatreel aimed the rack toward the shoremen's idle ones, then lifted the whole rack as they glided by and stepped with it, matching his walk along the deck to the drift of the river, til the whole row of bales rolled across and lay resting on their rack while the docksman's chins dropped and he walked half the edge of the deck


    29. the leaves of the tree rustling and he dropped from the branch just in time to


    30. She went back to the city for awhile, and when she returned, Knume dropped what he was doing and pursued her full time

    31. Son picked up the dagger that the soldier had dropped and stabbed the


    32. Son dropped to his knees and raised the sword above his head


    33. The soldiers dropped their weapons and held their hands over their neck


    34. dropped to his knees and checked his wound


    35. The bus trundled steadily along the country lanes and eventually dropped them in the High Street


    36. Son watched in horror as the soldier dropped the sword and filled his


    37. dodged the venom and picked up the sword that the soldier had dropped


    38. That's how we met, he was pretty much dropped off on my deck with a sign on his forehead reading 'Hazorpean'


    39. She immediately knew what terror it held for them when it's jaw dropped, slowly and with an ominous hiss


    40. She quietly entered the cave, dropped the food off on a dresser, and checked Daniel

    41. Daniel was moving his legs and he raised his right arm a bit and flinched and dropped it to his side


    42. “I dropped it when that man grabbed us


    43. that were gorged on and dropped


    44. Back in the kitchen, she was turning on the oven when a rather loud crack of thunder sounded and she jumped and dropped the pizza cutter


    45. that were gorged on and dropped by


    46. She jumped and dropped an ear of corn


    47. Then he began to love her again, and she dropped all of her arguments quickly


    48. He would not be the one who dropped to a walk this time


    49. He dropped his sandwich and slowly rose; he had a silly-looking grin on his face


    50. She dropped his hand and skipped off, beckoning the guys with the crate to come along














































    1. Nobody can avoid all stress without completely dropping out of society and becoming a monk


    2. Vinnie stifled a yell and grabbed his ear in pain, dropping the unused boomerang


    3. Don’t panic when the market is dropping and don’t become greedy when prices are rising


    4. He spots Hassan, one of the layabouts, sitting with a cigarette dropping form his lips, a bare foot resting on a coffee table pitted with cigarette burns


    5. She looks across at me, then, dropping boxes on the floor, quickly comes over to where I am standing


    6. "I have his place archived if you'd like," Ava said, dropping to the sand beside her


    7. ’ He said, dropping the subject


    8. wait, if they're dropping rocks, what am I doing here?"


    9. Using Fred’s suggestion, we are packing the barrel with damp sand to hold the tree upright and in the hope that the dampness will stop it dropping quite as fast as they generally do; this, naturally, means we need a sheet of plastic to protect the floor … oh it just gets more complicated by the second! But between us we get it all sorted out


    10. "Only as a last resort, if he declares himself Ayatholla and the crew follow him in dropping the hammer

    11. In a corner, Citizen Marat’s severed head, trailing veins and cables, ground out one last phrase on behalf of the revolutionary committee of the brotherhood of new men before dropping its eyelids and falling permanently silent


    12. The storm stayed out in the desert, but the temperature kept dropping


    13. The temperature is dropping rapidly


    14. Grinning broadly, the man leaps off his gg and dropping the reins, throws his arms around Gilla, swinging her off her feet as he kisses her soundly


    15. "I'm dropping this," Alan said of the pack, "If we live I can come back for it, with it I'll never live


    16. ’ He said, dropping his eyes to the plate


    17. ’ I said, dropping the soiled bandage in the basin and throwing the bloodstained gauze away


    18. She waves her delight before dropping her arm suddenly as she realises that Black Hoffnarr has no rider


    19. True to their word, they did have them dropping like flies


    20. It was still twenty feet from the ground, but dropping toward the front patio rapidly when the hatch dropped

    21. All they will succeed in doing is dropping another metal devise to the earth; and we will pick it up and put it with all the others in the lava pit


    22. The boulders turned to rocks and it wasn't long before we were in our stride, ever dropping down and down through that slit in the land, like kids on a school trip chattering about all the nonsense in our lives, down and down toward the little chapel on the beach


    23. She is dropping a year now to prepare for the medical


    24. She could feel the temperature dropping; the bitter cold against her skin told her she didn’t have much time


    25. ’ She comes in and gives me a hug before dropping into a chair


    26. I can play the doting partner dropping off the executive at the station …’


    27. ’ Dave said, gratefully accepting my dropping the subject


    28. I ate and watched the sun dropping into the western sky


    29. ‘No, I know that, you idiot!’ he said dropping a kiss on my head as he makes his way over to the table balancing the very hot toast between his fingers


    30. day that Brad proposed to Lizzie, here in this very room, dropping to

    31. Automatically leaving her boots by the door, she trod along the hallway to her bedroom and picked up her washing things, dropping the clothes on the bed


    32. He considered dropping the idea completely – just cutting their losses and going home


    33. With their feet just wider than shoulder width apart, they raised the lever poles of the diggers, straightening their arms above their heads and in a single motion: both lowered their hands and with straight backs, lowered themselves by dropping into a very controlled near squat, almost a horse stance


    34. Arnold liked dropping by the store and sometimes made the walk when he had nothing else to do


    35. Okay, so calling Tracey would be unpleasant … she’d probably be less than forgiving, but with a bit of luck he could talk her into dropping charges … he even contemplated the possibility that she might take him back … settling down with a baby wasn’t his idea of the perfect life, but it would be somewhere to go


    36. the habit of dropping into the mess on odd occasions


    37. Concentrating on not dropping the tray he was holding, the uniformed policeman kicked the door gently with one foot while he balanced on the other and manipulated the tray through the doorway, protruding tongue demonstrating precisely how much effort it was taking him


    38. Maggie shrugs her shoulders and fills two mugs with boiling water, dropping a tea bag in each mug in turn


    39. 'You’re very good,' he said, dropping some coins into a


    40. He raised the tool aligned above the target hole and with his back held straight, dropped the digger's blades into the soil with force while simultaneously dropping into a semi-squat, with his feet more than shoulder width apart

    41. “Are you all right?” She asked, dropping the pan on the hearth and springing to help him toward the stool


    42. "Besides-" he added dropping to his knees, to look her squarely in the face


    43. of the car by one arm, dropping him in the snow and walking toward the wood


    44. When one was eliminated, dropping to the dirt, another simply stepped


    45. " She dropped her head, hoping to hid the tears that had swelled to over flowing, dropping his head on to her leg, he said, stroking her hand


    46. his butt down, or a hitter to quit dropping his hands


    47. He gently stroked the edge of her chin, then dropping her face – he turned and walked to the window


    48. Dropping to her knees, she clutched it to her face, allowing the scent of him to fill her total being


    49. ‘Shit,’ said Henri, dropping to his haunches and


    50. He’d pulled the box from its hiding spot and was dropping it in front of her














































    1. This solution is created by adding one cup of warm water, along with the bait pack, and 2 drops of natural soap


    2. Think of using at drops per gallon


    3. Add 10 drops Superseaweed or 1/4 cup seaweed powder per gallon and 1 drop natural soap and a dash of Tabasco sauce or any other of the hot sauces mentioned in this book


    4. Use not more than 10 drops per gallon of the extract, depending on the pest


    5. Use only a few drops per gallon


    6. But if someone were to nurture her and make her feel wanted again… Evan’s cigarette drops from his slack mouth


    7. Add a few drops to soap and water


    8. Use a few drops with a dash of soap and water


    9. Add 20 drops soap


    10. still-upset Clarisse close to him, gently takes the knife away from her, drops it onto the balcony

    11. John can’t finish the sentence, drops his hand


    12. He drops the Rolex in a trash can by his bed


    13. Dave baits a line, drops it over the side


    14. Beyond this, a low stone wall and beyond that, the bluff drops dramatically to the blue sea


    15. Russ drops his mic on the floor


    16. That soldier freaks, drops his weapon, holds up his hands


    17. He let a few drops fall from his mouth


    18. Nick drops in a couple of evenings a week to see his grandparents, and frequently calls in at my place for a coffee on his way home


    19. I’d not realised just how close the lane is to the ridge of the hill, but now we’re the other side of the hedge, I can see that the land drops down quite steeply to the road below


    20. Moreover, she is always trying to sabotage me in various stupid ways: She steals my back up floppy discs and accuses me of losing them, yet I see them as soon as she opens her drawer; she refuses to show me some useful things on the computer; she gives me to type the wrong texts and then she says I am the one who doesn't work right; she drops hints I am illiterate and I don't know the computer program, and so on

    21. He has two other people in the car but drops me last; I ask him in for a coffee


    22. Fred drops in just after half eleven – he’s been round to see his lady friends and doesn’t comment at all about them being ill, so I can assume they haven’t had any adverse reaction to the food


    23. He let a few drops fall from his mouth onto the kerchief and, rather than wiping away the dust on his face and lips, he just managed to smear it across his jaw and nose a little more vividly


    24. drops it into the dolly-paunched stove,


    25. and drops its curve,


    26. Kara touched a rose, sending a shower of drops to the ground


    27. There is a clunk, a handbrake drops, gears mesh


    28. At the pub, beneath the horse chestnut that drops


    29. he drops tears to salt the soil,


    30. "They keep after you til whatever one of us it's fixed on drops

    31. Berndt drops behind me and we move ever onward in line across the endless fields …


    32. ‘But I …’ I began, stopping abruptly as she drops what she is holding into my outstretched hand


    33. Eventually, the temperature drops too low and I reluctantly decide that I should call it a day


    34. The land gradually drops away as we near the coast and it is not long before we are on the outskirts of Caernarfon and driving down the coast road towards Clynnog-fawr


    35. It helps in the winter when the tourist trade drops off


    36. The ground drops away dramatically in front of us and, there laid out before us, are all the lights of Bath


    37. The level in the bottle slowly drops as we sit at the table, talking


    38. Jane casually drops into the conversation that the cake will be delivered on Tuesday morning – I’d completely forgotten about a wedding cake … how could I have forgotten that! Peter and Jane insist that they will foot the bill for the alcohol and although Simon does his best to shout them down, they are adamant and refuse to budge


    39. A few drops in her water each morning should do the trick, he thought with a smile


    40. maybe the drops on the letter are tears

    41. He changes his footwear and puts the boots into a plastic carrier bag, which he drops into the rear passenger foot well


    42. Maggie starts to reply but the line drops


    43. The smile drops away


    44. He drops a gear on the hill rising out of the village and points the car in the general direction of Bideford, but the innocence of his journey is fading


    45. Ken drops ice cubes into a half pint glass and pours two bottles of fruit juice into it, holding both bottles by the neck with one hand


    46. drops were so heavy and so close together that it was like standing


    47. pissed in it, and I don’t mean a couple of drops either


    48. Jameson felt the first few timid drops of rain, “Well it's here now


    49. As the tyres grip and the engine drops its guts, Helen's body slides down into the passenger seat foot well


    50. He has to think for a second before the penny drops














































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    Synonyms for "drop"

    drop drop cloth drop curtain dip fall free fall cliff drop-off drib driblet bead pearl degenerate deteriorate devolve knock off flatten leave out miss neglect omit overleap overlook pretermit cut down fell strike down discharge drop off put down set down unload cast cast off shake off shed throw throw away throw off dribble drip drop down sink expend spend dismiss send away send packing dangle swing tumble decrease slide droplet globule speck pinch splash dash dab decline cave in dwindle collapse trickle leap ooze separate end break off desert divorce

    "drop" definitions

    a shape that is spherical and small


    a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)


    a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity


    a steep high face of rock


    a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)


    a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity


    a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery


    a central depository where things can be left or picked up


    the act of dropping something


    let fall to the ground


    to fall vertically


    go down in value


    fall or descend to a lower place or level


    terminate an association with


    utter with seeming casualness


    stop pursuing or acting


    remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave


    cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow


    lose (a game)


    pay out


    lower the pitch of (musical notes)


    hang freely


    stop associating with


    let or cause to fall in drops


    get rid of


    take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth


    omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing


    leave undone or leave out


    change from one level to another


    fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death


    grow worse


    give birth; used for animals