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The Trolls' crude form of language consists of grunts , although some can be trained to speak a few words of English (FB).

The corrupted, partially transmitted messages are often referred to as collision fragments or grunts .

Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries, and you will have a fine pig and a bad child.

You think those things get scared too? Probably just like us. They're probably just grunts that get told to go fight.

As you can tell from the frog song recording, the mating calls of this species include a whine followed by a series of grunts, or "chucks. "

Gamall: I shall see the unseen. I shall speak the truth. Let the Book of Names record that. . . [spasms and grunts ] Ugh! [then pain] Aaah!

It emerged that gurnard are among the most talkative, making distinctive grunts and keeping up a pattern of chatter throughout the day.

Others traced it back to music, to the imitation of animal grunts, or to birdsong.

The question of when grunts and yelps turned into words and phrases is a tricky one.

He has trouble moving his muscles at will, and now he speaks in barely intelligible grunts that his mother must often translate.

I cleaned them up as best I could, Sir, but you know how it is with these grease grunts .

Another fascinating photo shows a chance encounter between a parrot fish and a school of grey grunts in Galapagos.

They were called grunts. They were the infantry men , the foot soldiers of the war Bernard Edelman.

Much to his surprise, the shop-floor grunts often have no clue who he is.

Consequently, mothers who try to talk to their sons are usually disappointed to receive only short grunts in reply.

In extremis, grunts can complain if they don't like the boss's rules, but they must pick the right things to protest about.

People once thought of the languages of backward groups as savage, undeveloped forms of speech, consisting largely of grunts and groans.

Given the propensity for human error in such circumstances, mechanised grunts might make such calls better than flesh-and-blood officers.

You're grunts, nobodies, the bottom of the surgical food chain.

Death metal vocals are often guttural roars, grunts, snarls, and low gurgles colloquially called death grunts or death growls.

One night, a spirited group made their way into the bar, chased out the sullen army grunts and commandeered the place.

But what if the grunts took over and tried to decide among themselves on the best course of action?

ARMIES have always been divided into officers and grunts.

Psychologists have long studied the grunts and winks of nonverbal communication, the vocal tones and facial expressions that carry emotion.

Traditional armies drill unquestioning obedience into their grunts. Israel's encourages creativity.

It's also filmed simply, with Ang Lee opting for the sound of rustling blue jeans and animalistic grunts filling the entire soundscape.

I remind myself to look for glazed expressions, noncommittal grunts, or darting eyes.

Babies make many sleeping sounds, from grunts to whimpers to outright cries, and these noises don, t always signal awakening.

only a few grunts here and there.

Young Tom brought the platter of yellowtail , yellow and white grunts, and rock hind up into the cockpit .

Gildamesh Grunts: You've proved yourself a worthy adversary, Frank* . . . But we shall meet again!

In it, the grunts act as agents, collecting and exchanging information.

As dogs get older, they make five main classes of sounds: howls, growls, grunts, whines, and barks.

Your interns, grunts, nobodies, bottom of the surgical food chain.

You're interns , grunts, nobodies, bottom of the surgical food chain.

Louder and more frenzied. The lovers are reaching a climax, their sounds of passion degenerating into rhythmic gasps and grunts.

There were laughs and shouts, grunts from men carrying heavy loads of goods, and the sound of voices singing.

Each Zerg unit grunts in different ways and makes different noises when selected.

Corals and sponges ornament the hull, and the wheelhouse shelters schools of grunts.

Dolphins are social animals that communicate with each other through squeaks and grunts.

A new group of P. I. grunts are moving toward the guard room, tools in hand.

After sunset, I hear the bellowing snorts and grunts of several moose in rut .

Colin grunts when I try to nudge him awake. 'I need my sleep, ' he groans.

stress free sale, the Grunts are cool enough, why muddy the waters.

These changes didn't evolve overnight, but it's hard to pinpoint when we moved beyond primitive grunts and started talking.

And when they heard grunts, the subjects were slower and less accurate.

Plasma cannons were assembled by squads of Grunts.

I can hear those loutish grunts of protest.

they are grunts, the meat in the grinder, they aint flashy !

They have a slightly "missing link" look about them, communicate in grunts and live on beer.

In your shoes I'd definitely keep the seven grunts .

Professor of teaching methods is very easy just let him look at grunts again and again.

Still, a lot of office grunts wouldn't mind a back rub in the lava, or maybe some tunes.

"Leave me alone, " he grunts. "I almost got it in that time. "

Which is worth more: a star or seven grunts?

and plankton - encrusted teeth for when l feel a bit . grunts

Sleepy heads start to nod, the conversation drifts into quiet grunts and sighs;