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1. To dream that you are playing with scrabble implies that you still need to piece together your thoughts and emotions
2. Being of quick mind, he had become quite a legend within the secure walls as the resident unbeaten scrabble champion but he had to pick his opponents with care; only last week he had been attacked for fielding a „ZA’ on a red square to gain 64 points
3. “Coup déjà lance,” he shouted as he knocked the scrabble board off the table with his fist in a defiant challenge
4. His fingers scrabble in the jewel pouch, find an emerald
5. Perhaps he’d managed to scrabble out of the main flood before it took his companions
6. The boy and the scribe scrabble along as best they can, sometimes snatching at the rock face to maintain balance
7. Without waiting for an answer Simon didn’t have, Johan began to scrabble at the sand with his fingertips, punching indentations into their temporary refuge
8. Your precious thoughts of wanting appreciation were inconsequential in the scrabble for plain survival
9. In a cupboard of the kitchen Zeno had discovered a pack of cards and a box of board games; chess, ludo, scrabble, snakes and ladders
10. The well-beloved board game Scrabble involves vocabulary-building and strategic thinking, providing parents with a great way to intellectually stimulate their children’s impressionable minds
11. His name probably was too long for a scrabble game
12. out why he beats her at scrabble almost every game
13. and starting a new game of scrabble
14. Just like in Scrabble, players are trying to add on to other tiles to create a grid, and
15. smiling and laughing as we whiled away the rest of the afternoon talking and playing Scrabble
16. He came over and we sat down and started playing a game of Scrabble when
17. Nightfall quickly opened a lead and Edgar scurried to keep up, but he lost his hastened grip on the sloping scrabble and slid down several yards, raking at the rock with fingers sorely lacking claws
18. Scrabble - no looking in the dictionary trying to find words to use
19. Then, interrupted by a Scrabble board word, “Dot,
20. guests prepared us for Scrabble
21. They were planning on playing Scrabble and realized that some of the pieces were missing so they came up with the idea of making their own game; Trivial Pursuit
22. We scrabble the earth
23. Holly loved board games but tonight not even scrabble could lift her mood
24. For two or three hours the sun lay warmly in the high window, showing Jo seated on the old sofa, writing busily, with her papers spread out upon a trunk before her, while Scrabble, the pet rat, promenaded the beams overhead, accompanied by his oldest son, a fine young fellow, who was evidently very proud of his whiskers
25. It it she kept her papers, and a few books, safely shut away from Scrabble, who, being likewise of a literary turn, was fond of making a circulating library of such books as were left in his way by eating the leaves
26. So then we went away and went to the rubbage-pile in the back yard, where they keep the old boots, and rags, and pieces of bottles, and wore-out tin things, and all such truck, and scratched around and found an old tin washpan, and stopped up the holes as well as we could, to bake the pie in, and took it down cellar and stole it full of flour and started for breakfast, and found a couple of shingle-nails that Tom said would be handy for a prisoner to scrabble his name and sorrows on the dungeon walls with, and dropped one of them in Aunt Sally's apron-pocket which was hanging on a chair, and t'other we stuck in the band of Uncle Silas's hat, which was on the bureau, because we heard the children say their pa and ma was going to the runaway nigger's house this morning, and then went to breakfast, and Tom dropped the pewter spoon in Uncle Silas's coat-pocket, and Aunt Sally wasn't come yet, so we had to wait a little while
27. That's the one which the prisoner has to scrabble on the wall
28. Not the fastest draw in the world, but a lot faster than a tall guy bending down and trying to scrabble up a small pistol off the floor, all unbalanced with nine inches of extra metal
29. His breathing is ragged and harsh, whereas mine is almost nonexistent as I desperately scrabble around my psyche looking for some internal strength
30. They scrabble over hamburger papers that gust up the building fronts, carry their spoils back to the Public Library lions a few long blocks away
31. I tried to scrabble out of the tub, the fish’s slimy skin sliding over my flesh, its whiskered mouth gaping, prehistoric
32. Robbing a bank or cheating at Scrabble would not automatically earn you jail time or rebirth as a Gila monster
33. Watching the rats scrabble for the food he gave them Doc remembered that he had not eaten
1. I scrabbled frantically around the mattress feeling for the rough weave of hessian, expecting the light on the wall to flare into life and singe to black my eyeballs
2. As Chrissie scrabbled out of reach as fast as she could, she saw that he had stripped off his clothes and was wasting little time
3. Hartman stopped in front of his office door, scrabbled through his keys and
4. But the teacher closed his eyes, his hands scrabbled about to find his kite, then he lay still, his rhythmic snores his only reply
5. The shadows lengthened as Trumpet scrabbled for a hold again
6. It wasn’t long before the large pick up was to my left, looking a bit under the weather for having scrabbled its way through the alley
7. Claws scrabbled on the hardwood floor of the hallway
8. Darkburst's mind raced as he scrabbled about on his flanks, checking everywhere he could reach
9. Sliding towards the rear of the vehicle, I desperately scrabbled about for a handhold to stop myself careering right off the back
10. He rolled my pants down over my hips even as my own shaking hands scrabbled to loosen his belt
11. He scrabbled away as far as he could, his trapped foot feeling as though it had been plunged into a pan of boiling water as he pulled at it
12. Betts scrabbled across the boat, loosing her footing as she was hit by the struggling men
13. 13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let
14. The two of them scrabbled for purchase on the stone, then the executioner’s fingers reached for his throat, pressing so hard into his skin that he could scarcely breathe
15. She scrabbled for safety and a wave of cool flame passed over her
16. The scribe saw where he twisted round and scrabbled at the soldier’s loose armour and then the two of them were rolling over and over together across the parkland
17. The Lammas Lord scrabbled at the ground
18. Cursing, she scrabbled with the opening and pulled the door outwards to reveal a small cupboard
19. He fell to his knees, scrabbled like a child on the ground, fingers digging deep into grass and soil, and panting hard
20. He scrabbled from side to side, like a sled dog in harness, towing his master's inert body by its outstretched arm that pointed at the dog with each sideways lunge
21. With her other hand, she bent down and scrabbled at the floor
22. With his hooves now under him, the horse scrabbled for firmer footing in the rapidly sliding
23. At the entrance, she scrabbled for the place in the stone where the flame acted as a key
24. He scrabbled his way to her side, just
25. ” His scream was internal, a cry which scrabbled for life on a sheer cliff-face, but the swoop of it was over as quickly as it had begun
26. His fingers were bleeding and both of the boy’s hands were bruised where they must have scrabbled for release at Simon’s, but there was no other outer damage that he could see
27. Even as Carthen and he scrabbled to their feet, it was too late and the hawks were already there
28. The next moment, he landed on something soft, and groaned as he scrabbled around to work out what it was
29. Too… Simon hadn’t… On the bed linen he scrabbled for connection, sweat glistening his skin as his world, physical and mental, exploded into a rainbow of green, fizzing into lemon and silver, scarlet and gold
30. The yellow beast had now scrabbled back up the hillside and hungrily approached Athene on all fours, she backed away in fear at its sudden approach, her sabre’s tip extended towards the threat
31. All three men rapidly scrabbled to get back to their feet and the first guard up bolted down the dank corridor for help
32. " Jon knelt and scrabbled at a patch of mud already deepened by the nocturnal burrowers
33. He scrabbled around in the soil and was amazed when he found that the hard thing was a fat, shiny diamond
34. His shaking hands scrabbled out in front of him, and he had great difficulty in getting them up to his face
35. She scrabbled for her Sugarstick and got up
36. The two aliens scrabbled into the mass of old rusty vehicles, appliances and scattered garbage
37. The route taken was far from obvious, and the rugged vehicles scrabbled and strained as the drivers picked their way
38. Shivering violently with the biting cold, Max scrabbled up the same rocky slope the cabin had slid down, and made his way to the trees, crushed in the crash
39. Like startled teenagers about to be caught by parents, they froze and then scrabbled frantically for clothes
40. Horrified, he scrabbled around for the missing bag and pulled out the sealed letter
41. Key in hand, he scrabbled about the door searching for the lock
42. scrabbled across the floor towards him, knocking him over
43. scrabbled at the rock-face in frustration
44. backwards, she dropped to the ground and scrabbled around finally locating her dagger
45. I scrabbled on across the floor, but I couldn’t gain any traction against the boards
46. He stumbled, began to fall, and his backward-reaching hand scrabbled to stay his plunge off the swaying limb
47. He abruptly thrust her back, and he scrabbled to raise his tunic
48. Fingers scrabbled in a package for her subsequent cigarette, the stub in her mouth burned to the filter
49. Blunt scrabbled at Jacob's hands, grasping nothing but cool, empty air since he couldn't see Jacob
50. I gasped and scrabbled at his hands, tried to dig in my heels and plant myself on the spot
1. He scrabbles through the sachets, but there is no way to tell them apart
2. Instead he scrabbles higher with short, fierce bursts of his wings, digging and clawing at the side of the cliff, using them like appendages, a hawk that can’t fly, scrambling desperately upward
3. Devon scrabbles around in his brain, trying to think of somewhere—anywhere
1. I shuffled backwards on my arse, scrabbling to put distance between myself and the door, which slammed open just as I had imagined it would
2. He heard a soft scrabbling noise from across the room, then silence, disturbed a few moments later by the sound of a soft footfall
3. The compulsion to breathe was so overpowering now that he began thrashing about in desperation, heart hammering as he rolled onto his back and began scrabbling at the roof in a desperate search for air
4. Grey slid across the bark, scrabbling furiously for a foothold, bellowing in terror as he was catapulted into the icy water
5. Scrabbling about at the base of a bush, Brock was eventually rewarded with a plump worm, but no sooner had he put it in his mouth than he was violently sick
6. The animal, scrabbling at the earth between the rocks, had dug into her hiding place, and all she'd been able to do, was push herself further into the shallow burrow, hoping that the animal would give up and go away
7. Darkburst tried to buffet it away, but the rat managed to twist its body in mid-air and landed on Darkburst's back, its feet scrabbling in the soft fur
8. Irrationally, he found his hands scrabbling to pull out a handful of tissues from the space between the seats where the little packet was kept
9. Fin screamed again, scrabbling around on the ground
10. He found Kirsti on her hands and knees, scrabbling about in the sand where Fin had died
11. He was scrabbling back toward her pulling on the rope as he came
12. It takes a while for his hands to follow his bidding, but at last the book tumbles to the stone floor and he is scrabbling inside the alcove for the only treasures he has
13. Not to mention the terrifying dogs, scrabbling to their feet around him
14. She plunged after him, scrabbling with crimson hands on the golden earth
15. The first people she found were scrabbling amongst the earth at the edge of the corn field, perhaps to discover a few forgotten grains, though she knew none remained
16. With that, Thomas reached down and dragged the Lost One up with him, his fingers scrabbling for the ropes and pushing Simon’s head and hands and feet into the waiting nooses
17. At once the ropes tightened round Simon’s flesh and he was left hanging from the Tree of Execution, gasping for breath and scrabbling vainly for a hold
18. Once on her knees and scrabbling amongst the wood, she thought there were fewer branches than there should be but then again they would have had to heat water to salve the murderer’s wounds
19. The wolf released its hold upon her, rough paws scrabbling over her body, and went for her chest
20. It is only when they have been walking and scrabbling up the increasingly steep slopes for another story’s length, that the scribe realises his thirst hasn’t been quenched
21. The stench of meat and the dogs’ teeth came scrabbling through the flames
22. He shoved forward with boots scrabbling for grip on the gritty trampled snow over slick ice, his sword stabbing at the foe shield-wall from beside his arrow-filled shield
23. We all joined him, still scrabbling
24. Without it, the exponents of brute muscle-power would be scrabbling at the dirt with their bare hands
25. After sharing half the packet of biscuits, finishing the water, scrabbling piles of bracken and grass together for a mattress and heaping a rough tepee with leaves, grass and anything else we vainly hoped would keep off cold and dew, we huddled down, hungry and thirsty, for a long night
26. Scrabbling to regain my
27. “Next morning I was woken by something scrabbling away at the sand
28. A few seconds of scrabbling through papers
29. Within a few meters of the grassy knoll at the top of the slope, the truck ground to a halt, tires scrabbling on the spot
30. Desperately scrabbling to its feet the beast burst out of the kitchen windows and disappeared into the dark
31. from the bed, ran to one of the cardboard boxes outside and ripped it open, scrabbling
32. down hard with the point of her chin, trapping the twisting snout, hands scrabbling
33. She lunged backwards, scrabbling, a bolt of instinct through both cat and woman,
34. There was a scrabbling above them
35. Alfie had fled, and was scrabbling around on the ground forty paces away
36. He heard her scrabbling around in the darkness, searching frantically
37. She dived into the trunk, scrabbling around in a frenzied search for the
38. It howled at the sight of its prey, and started scrabbling at the edges of
39. At a spot where the ledge rounded a point thrust out over open space, and where the shelf withered excruciatingly thin, Edgar was scrabbling for a finger-hold when there was a billowing whoosh behind---he shrieked as a wingtip brushed his shoulders and the tip of a talon grazed the back of his neck
40. Across the space of five minutes, and with a certain amount of scrabbling, swearing, and sweating, he hooked his shoulders over the top and then swung his legs up
41. After scrabbling with it for a horrifying millisecond, she brought it up and parried his blow
42. “Always a right scrabbling for coin
43. I landed in mud and threw my arms over my eyes, scrabbling to keep my face clear as soil and debris poured over me
44. Almost immediately, the doors rattled on their hinges as the creatures outside shoved against it, their claws scrabbling against the steel
45. As the scrabbling and pounding continued, she backed away from the doors, and sank down against the wall, trembling
46. The small hand disappeared back out the opening, and immediately she heard the scrabbling of those childish fingers scraping against the stones
47. his mind and he coldly took the weapon that the alien had been scrabbling for and shot him through the head
48. scrabbling at the dirt with their bare hands
49. I screamed, scrabbling at the door
50. When he turned his head it vanished, although he thought he heard the faintest of noises that might have been made by claws scrabbling on stone