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When playing up the size of the active muscles, thus promoting metabolism and blood circulation, help the child's physical health.

Let me just push this button. There! Hello. Now, you said the microphone was playing up?

The British government has been playing up the parallels, with much ministerial talk of a "Green New Deal" .

But the emphasis this year was as much on playing down dangers as playing up volumes.

He added: "I enjoyed it a lot. I have always said my favourite and best position is playing up front just behind the striker. "

But many Mexican were joyous nonetheless, with newspapers playing up the historical turn of a Latin American assuming the throne of Peter.

He is always playing up to the pretty girl students.

In Macbeth, witches and their prophets run through the plot of the whole tragedy, playing up a gloomy, horrible and tragic atmosphere.

alter She's been playing up to our president all throughout the meeting.

When it became serious he was playing up to eight hours a day.

The opposition DPP thrives on playing up the threat from China and has long accused Mr Ma of failing to take it seriously enough.

Playing up the fear and danger of young American Muslims as future suicide bombers risks alienating America's Muslims.

This image consists of many hundreds (maybe thousands) of impression, all merging and playing up on each other.

It wasn't working properly. If something isn't working as it should be, we sometimes say it's playing up.

Now Rob, my leg's also been playing up so I wonder if you could give me a lift home in your car?

He asked me for my name to book me, but thought I was just playing up.

Count me out of this weekend's football match; my leg's playing up so I need to rest it.

The children always start playing up when we have visitors.

It quoted one Chinese defense analyst playing up its significance, and another dismissing concerns over China's military buildup.

Ow! I'm going to have to lie down; my back's playing up again.

Politics aside, it's an attractive car, playing up the RS6's strengths while adding a suitably massive dose of power.

When you're playing up-tempo, the guy that's open gets the ball.

It's the same as rebooting your computer if it's playing up.

The network is playing up its unscrupulous women with glitzy marketing campaigns that blanket major cities.

For me personally I came here to win three points and if Carlo Ancelotti had been playing up front I'd still have wanted the three points.

That's why you see a playing-up of the whole episode.

The papers are playing up the oil crises again.

Go to bed, and no playing up.

My players kept playing up to our standard also after Udinese's goal, that is important too.

Tonight Justin, Audrey and their cousin Mumu were playing up at dinner.

Rob: No way - oh it looks like my microphone's playing up now!

Helen: OK. So as the picture on my TV at home is flickering, I can say my TV is playing up?

The old wound has been playing up again lately.

The engine began playing up.

Helen: Children are very good at playing up; it's usually because they want attention.

The band was playing up when we entered.

are you playing up for the virtue prizes then ?

Not only that, but the water they drink is also playing up from the well, and we drink pure water is different.

The new teacher didn't know what to do when the class started playing up.

In addition, the authors also good at playing up the atmosphere, creating a tragic atmosphere of psychological contrast characters

just the old crusade wound playing up a bit

Making my debut playing up front with Owen