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he had shirked this work for weeks, feeling all the time as if a sword were hanging over his head.

The bottom line: Prediabetes is an immediate risk and a shadow hanging over your future health.

There was an air of gloom and despair hanging over us.

In the last desperate weeks of her life, Faten knew a death sentence was hanging over her head, and she tried hard to escape it.

There he was made to stand up to his chin in a little lake, with clusters of luscious fruits hanging over and around his head.

For this spring, something of a paradox is hanging over the mortgage-backed securities world.

Asia, therefore, might not be immune to the layoff worries hanging over the heads of workers on Wall Street or in London.

US president Bush has a major worry hanging over his head. It is not easy to end the war against Iraq immediately.

One of the clouds hanging over the global economy at the moment is the US housing market.

Just as they are about to get in the car, Lincoln sees Kellerman through the plastic hanging over the garage.

And hanging over everything is a huge black cloud: the fact that Mr Bush is losing a war of his own making in Iraq.

The question has been hanging over the company since last summer when Jobs appeared onstage at a conference looking terribly ill.

With the shock of losing Chewbacca hanging over his head, Solo spiraled into depression and alcoholism.

he took hold of a branch that was hanging over the rock.

An old wooden street sign hanging over a shop selling poisonous candles told him he was in Knockturn Alley.

He tried to break through the cloud of gloom hanging over his roomates with a joke.

There was no nuclear bomb hanging over us. There was no Communist government and not even an important organized Communist movement.

If you take a look at the picture, then you'll see there's something hanging over the wall casting a shadow onto the top part of the wall.

He was not accustomed to having something unknown hanging over his head.

One of the big questions hanging over this summer's Games was whether the measures China took to clean up its polluted capital would work.

Lie on your back by the edge of a pool or dock so your butt's just hanging over the edge above the water.

With the fear of job cuts still hanging over the economy, consumers are curbing their spending on the British high street, a survey showed.

Hanging over the patient was a big ball made of bits of brightly colored paper, folded into the shape of tiny birds.

Go on, go on, " said Lucy. " I've felt for hours that there was some wonderful mystery hanging over this place.

The black clouds are hanging over the sky. It may be raining soon.

There's noting hanging over the left part of the wall, so we'll clone that part to get rid of the nasty shadows.

I, for my part, feel as if some misfortune were hanging over us.

In the pitiless environment of these books, broader political issues are always hanging over people's heads.

I wish the company would reveal their plans; I hate having the threat of redundancy hanging over my head.

Buildings can hardly be seen at all in one image -- just dust clouds hanging over the Hudson River at the southern tip of Manhattan.

Iran's nuclear programme is likened to the Sword of Damocles, ever perilously hanging over the head of America giving it sleepless nights.

The city's notoriously polluted air remains one of the biggest question marks hanging over the games, which begin Aug.

Ms. Lagarde still has legal questions hanging over her in her home country.

The auction will be complicated by questions hanging over the state of the global car market and Ford's own finances.

Unification of aim: survival and avoidance of the destruction hanging over your heads as a consequence of the machinations of psychopathy.

Lisa was lolling in a chair with her arms hanging over the sides.

But when such actions are hanging over them, Congress and presidents have often decided to sidestep the triggers.

These developments removed the pall that had been hanging over the greenback.

So, I feel strongly that the recent trend of superstition reflects a credibility crisis hanging over the country.

With a potential larceny conviction hanging over my head, I looked for a teaching job.

The news is a glimpse of silver lining in the cloud currently hanging over the market, and General Motors and Chrysler in particular.

Surface of the river was calm, and the more east the more wide, in the rain the sun, the mist hanging over a layer of Mongolia and Mongolia.

Clarereading, with her hair hanging over the back of the chair, massaging balm intoher cracked red hands before bed.

Everyone found hanging over the mountain string milk cans, under the curiosity, everyone decided to explore the truth.

Greater clarity about the extent of the problem could remove some of the fear hanging over the markets, many investors said.

That's been one of the issues hanging over an early trial program to settle some of China's trade in yuan.

IF THE recession is the cloud hanging over the mobile-phone business, "smart" phones are the silver lining.

Another factor hanging over Chinese banks is the potential for an increase in bad loans if the economy deteriorates.

Adding to the woes generated by the weak economic data is a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the political horizon.

When the bird rouses itself and flies, its wings are as clouds, hanging over the sky.

My jeans were hanging over the balk of the chair I left my necklace in the jewelry box, whose cover remained open on the dresser.

You can't run a chocolate factory. . . with a family hanging over you like an old, dead goose.

One question hanging over territorial claims is whether the disputed islands are islands at all, according to maritime law.

The new dashboard will not answer some of the key data protection concerns hanging over Google.

A key question hanging over the economy is whether the level of inventories held by businesses is appropriate given the pace of sales.

This will allow financial firms to get on with normal business without a cloud of uncertainty hanging over their assets.

For the very, very, very first time, women would be set free to enjoy sex, without the fear of pregnancy hanging over their head.

The dispute has already derailed this month's Golden Globes ceremony and leaves a question mark hanging over the Oscars.

With so much debt hanging over them, they chase high paying careers just to make ends meet.

the red balloon hanging over the bed disappears in several of the color plates, then reappears at the end.

Hanging over the growth of the industry, however, is the specter of tighter regulation.

Fantine's hand was hanging over the side of the bed.

But hanging over their discussions is the fact Mr. Putin steps down as president next month, and Mr. Bush leaves office in January.

The government hasn't increased rates yet as had been speculated. It's like a sword hanging over the market.

Cape: a sleeveless outer garment fastened at the throat and worn hanging over the shoulders.

With the shadow of Iraq hanging over British politics, the coalition has stressed its legal mandate from the UN to protect Libyan civilians.

Examinations are like huge rocks hanging over some students' heads. They feel overwhelmed with the invisible pressure.

But the risks of a major new round of foreclosures is hanging over the market because of negative equity on a large block of mortgages.

More worrying for the French, there is an outstanding legal inquiry hanging over her.

Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household.

Hanging over all such calculations is the fear that Israel or America may attack Iran's nuclear sites and set off a wider regional conflict.

can't go with you, my exams are hanging over me.

The economy hasn't been the only issue hanging over the industry.

The global economy is like a train hanging over a cliff.

My assistants were hanging over the edge of the pool with plugged-in strobes .

Immediately, he scooped me up by my legs and my body was hanging over his shoulders.

Do you want to marry into a family with a scandalous divorce-suit hanging over it?

Let us sway swing love into to kite fly farther, let it hanging over the horizon.

I arrived at the old temple in the early morning while the rising sun was hanging over the woods.

This student's apartment is bare, the walls smell like old paint, and there is a mosquito net hanging over his bed.

Hanging over Egan's book is a sense that human culture is changing at such warp speed that memory itself must adapt to keep pace.

But the big question hanging over Mr. Pandit is whether he should take a meat cleaver to the Citigroup empire.

A joint was hanging over a fire to be roasted.

There was a lamp (hanging) over the table.

e. g. Thanks for asking, but I don't want to go watching a movie tonight because I can't enjoy a movie with a big exam hanging over my head.

On his special day, don't leave that hanging over the geek dad's head.

There were always skylarks, their songs hanging over the fields of dark gold.

"I figure there's a sword hanging over their head, and that's pressure, " they said.

The detention of the Rio Tinto executives is hanging over this year's negotiations.

Two stockings were hanging over the back of the chair.

He warned people to beware of the plume of smoke, hanging over the surrounding area.

There is no bigger question hanging over global markets than the resilience of China's economic growth.

A sign hanging over the entrance read, "Ground Zero. "

World War I, before the shadow of war hanging over the world, the imperialists attempted to divide a colony.

But the departure of vice-chairman David Dein has left a cloud hanging over the futures of boss Arsene Wenger and skipper Thierry Henry.

And hanging over these elections is an anti-politics mood of some magnitude.

Personal problems may be hanging over your head but don't confront the situation.

It is a sword of Damocles hanging over our heads and it is a fantastic handicap against our only competitor [Boeing] in commercial aircraft.

A haze of blue appeared before her, hanging over the slope.

But this is only peripheral to the curse hanging over the Royesse's family.

In the words of Mr Geithner, the "cloud of uncertainty" hanging over the US banks has been lifted.

The threat of expulsion is hanging over all Portuguese clubs because of a dispute in the SuperLiga.

With the court case hanging over us, we couldn't enjoy our vacation.

You endlessly think it over. Having the decision hanging over your head is a huge energy drain.

Hanging over the talks is the issue of Gaza.

There's a shadow hanging over me, oh, yesterday came suddenly.

I always had some writing assignment hanging over my head.

The threat of redundancy was still hanging over us.

Fear hanging over inhibited us from talking.

There's a branch hanging over, can you reach it and pull yourself out of the water?

A misfortune is certainly hanging over us!

The threat of nuclear war is already hanging over us.

By the afternoon, it was misty, the storm hanging over the mountain-tops.

There's a sword of Damocles hanging over these people and it's real, not artificial.

For, there is a paradox hanging over America's vast state pension sector.

Eg The shadow of possible terrorist attacks at any place and at any time is still hanging over that country.

Suddenly, There's a shadow hanging over me.

Easy on the beer, John. Look at your beer belly hanging over your belt.

I've got something hanging over my head.

the branches hanging over me?

The lamp was hanging over the table.

eg. A lamp was hanging over the table.

the threat hanging over us.

For consumers, this is hanging over their heads on the sword of Damocles .

A lamp is hanging over the table.

This has been hanging over me my whole life.

I now have a major financial obligation hanging over my head.

Hanging over all of this is uncertainty about the future of the Kyoto Protocol itself.

The picture is hanging over the blackboard.

Could you please show me that one hanging over there?

Do you still remember those evenings we walked in Yeyuan? Shining stars, hanging over us, watched our kiss.

In spite of the gloom hanging over recruitment this year, I am optimistic.

Do you want to continue life with unresolved issues hanging over you?

There is a lamp hanging over us.

Please show me the yellow jacket that is hanging over there.

The big question hanging over Shihe Fu's research, it seems to me, is that the data supporting it are nearly 20 years old.

They could accept it and they could want it, but if they didn't want it, it was still hanging over their heads.

The rain outside the window gently ground, but, the moon light will still be hanging over our shoulders.

There is a big lamp hanging over the table.

They will not have the Henry story hanging over them because he will have a long-term contract.

The question hanging over Japan and the rest of the world: Is this time different?

a young man with a thick mane hanging over his shoulders

Like the sky hanging over,

The sun shines on the black clouds hanging over the domain

It's only a paper moon Hanging over a cardboard sea

Just like that star hanging over the heaven

Hanging over all such calculations is the fear that

I ain't got no halo hanging over my head

I see your shadow hangIng over me

In the window, the moon is hanging over the earth,