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If you've been through a few of these well-rehearsed applause nests, you'd probably feel it's a mechanical thing one does only when coerced.

New information is stored in short-term memory, where it is "rehearsed" until ready to be stored in long-term memory.

As he rehearsed his song in his head, I walked into the prison with a guitar.

Israel claims that they were a Muslim Brotherhood vanguard which had carefully rehearsed scenarios for an armed attack on their convoy.

Yet another parent-teacher meeting had come and gone at which his mother, Jackie, rehearsed her concerns and Dan's teacher pooh-poohed them.

A week later, she was climbing into my van, where I made my pitch, just as Danny and I had rehearsed.

First knowledge learned by rote tends to be quickly forgotten, unless much rehearsed.

As you can see, this being dismantled. We rehearsed here the last couple of days. Tomorrow's the big day. We play in Prague.

I had been picked to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had painstakingly rehearsed my lines with me.

It all happened suddenly, so cleanly, as if rehearsed and perfected for weeks.

Candace: The mckinley group was good but didn't seem all that rehearsed, but I liked their energy.

He'd rehearsed an answer for this and, not looking up, managed to get it out without his voice breaking.

"What the hell is going on here? " Homan shouted with well-rehearsed indignation as he was also led away.

I would recite all that had been rehearsed on the way home.

Working with the officials from the Bush team, they rehearsed how the United States would handle a hypothetical terrorist attack.

The children rehearsed all the happenings of the day to their father.

So what I did to get my confidence up, to get my nerves to settle down, I rehearsed by apologizing to Tina Fey.

Working with officials from the Bush team, they rehearsed how the United States would handle a hypothetical terrorist attack.

Your production deployment process should be rehearsed thousands of times before you actually perform it for real.

Tenacity is of course an essential virtue in life, but its value is so well rehearsed that it ends up being overstated.

Despite all his time onstage and on the air, Mr. Jackson stayed remote: styled, rehearsed and choreographed.

He shows lots of energy and enthusiasm, and his well rehearsed goal celebrations will be the 'and finally' of many a highlights show.

The child rehearsed the happenings of the day to his father in the evening.

Acrobatic performances by a school of dolphins may be widely perceived as a sequence of well-rehearsed actions.

One girl was so tense her lips moved all through my talk as she rehearsed, repeatedly, the question she planned to ask me in English.

"There were all these kids at the audition being rehearsed for the role, and they were overacting, " recalls Asano.

Obama, in a well-rehearsed passage, said McCain behaved as if the war in Iraq had begun only last year - instead of 2003.

In Leipzig, the watchdogs, tone-deaf to history, had even rehearsed plans to inter thousands of dissidents in new concentration camps.

Ziro wasn't a bad actor, all things considered. But even if he'd rehearsed it, his choice of words was revealing.

While these may be well-rehearsed descriptions of immigration into the UK, they may better describe what happens when Britons move abroad.

During the ninety-minute helicopter flight James and his teammates rehearsed the operation in their heads.

She imagined they were dolphins instead and rehearsed the scene during five sessions, and the nightmares vanished.

Murray bowed and launched into the brief speech of greeting he had so long rehearsed.

It was a rehearsed set piece where I was in the wall and ran to the blind side.

As things were looking bleak, Luke Tweedy (Sax, Flute and Vocals) joined and the band rehearsed a while as a 3-piece.

We rehearsed frenziedly the last few days before the premiere.

EACH year a well-rehearsed performance takes place at the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation.

All the cadets in his squadron were sworn to secrecy and rehearsed in the dead of night on the auxiliary parade ground.

On her way to her interview she silently rehearsed what she would say.

One tourist looking for the original Starbucks recognized the stars as they rehearsed.

"Toss the script. " Once you've rehearsed it all, make it relaxed and natural.

I passionately defended the decision; all the arguments we had so endlessly rehearsed for days were still valid.

Despite the well- rehearsed benefits of such technologies, the take-up within the industry has been slow.

The story. The long, boring, aggravatingly rehearsed and condescending story.

As Margie sat in church that morning, she rehearsed in her mind over and over what she would say.

Rehearsed, and Michael was great. We can do this. Are we ready to shoot?

I walk with confidence like someone on a grand stage performing a well - rehearsed and choreographed routine.

Sweater had carefully rehearsed this speech and he delivered it very effectively.

Across China, people have rediscovered the well-rehearsed truth that material satisfaction is relative.

During which he has assisted and rehearsed many sets of large-scale chorus and symphony works.

His boss was probably pacing up with a dismissal speech rehearsed.

Here his arguments are well-rehearsed and finely honed from decades of combating American fundamentalists.

People ask if these little battles are rehearsed, sorry I'm not that smart, who could have thought this up.

recite To repeat or utter aloud (something rehearsed or memorized), especially before an audience.

NASA scientists rehearsed the roll - off manoeuvre in a sandbox mock-up more than 500 times over the past few years.

Preparedness plans need to be written, rehearsed and tested.

They whisper their rehearsed pitches to themselves as they wait.

Indeed, applicants who are 'over-rehearsed' tend to come across less well than students who are natural and spontaneous.

They have rehearsed their new stand-up show and will present it to the audience at the evening party tonight.

These plans were well rehearsed, involving banks and other financial infrastructure providers.

Another younger one sounded robotic and rehearsed when she explained a bruise around her eye as a birth defect.

This will be followed quickly by pre-packaged nonsense excuses, primarily by NASA guests and well rehearsed geologists and oceanologists.

He is keen to show off the 205-room Hoxton, built on a former car park, and gives a well-rehearsed rant about the traditional hotel model.

Mr. Gorham dreaded his first networking call in January. For weeks, he and Mr. Redmond rehearsed.

We went together to the studio and rehearsed before meeting with the orchestra.

In a sense, this will be a natural and well-rehearsed role.

Stop fending off questions with all those carefully rehearsed responses. It doesn't matter who's asking.

Maintain a cool head and simply state clearly your rehearsed reasons for leaving.

I remember how a burlesque composed by my eldest brother was once being rehearsed in my cousin's big drawing room.

We are well ready as ever, having rehearsed for this time with meticulous planning.

The actor rehearsed the lines in his imagination.

Artists may have stage shows and well-rehearsed dance routines to go along with their music.

The orchestra HAS rehearsed many times for the program.

The tale of woe is rehearsed in more detail elsewhere in the paper (see our briefing).

We rehearsed our National Day programme all afternoon.

He rehearsed the story of all his sufferings in prison.

( said of an actor ) forget the words one has rehearsed.

I do say, that all seemed rather rehearsed. -Like they knew it was gonna happen.

THE script for 2011 had been well rehearsed.

Fucking on the first date meant he wouldn't call again, so I wouldn't have to veer from my well-rehearsed script.

i know that some boaters before me drifted left and crashed , and i have discussed and mentally rehearsed ways to correct for this problem.

Almost like it was rehearsed.

That's because this material is perfect. It's totally reliable. What we say is rehearsed thoroughly.

The arguments about the US economy are well rehearsed.

I end up resorting to rehearsed exit lines.

He rehearsed his speech last night.

He rehearsed the story of al his sufferings in prison.

We rehearsed for days before the speech contest.

not the way we rehearsed it.

You can spare me whatever you rehearsed on the way over.

Everything is well prepared, and we have rehearsed that.

Target is on approach. - Just like we rehearsed it guys.

Morton Karket also had joined the A-Ha, they rehearsed the first song.

We had rehearsed the program many times and we wanted to do our best.

He had all the words he needed typed out and well rehearsed.

We rehearsed the entire play using the unpainted pieces of scenery that will be our set.

We hadn' t rehearsed often enough so I forgot my lines.

Best to stick to the rehearsed script: 'Can we negotiate, please?

We rehearsed our parts for the school plays.

Hotch: They've been questioned before, so we can expect a rehearsed response.

Have you mentally rehearsed the plan? Are the actions in logical sequence?

And we never rehearsed or talked to each other about the characters.

We rehearsed together every day for that contest.

All those breathless secrets in your heart that you rehearsed a thousand times and are now ready to share gently with a tender ear,

And is it not enough for them that we have sent down to thee the Book which is rehearsed to them?

They have rehearsed bombing a model of Pearl Harbor in Japan, until they reach an 80% hit rate.

Just as I rehearsed over an hour break

A short, rehearsed jingle or phrase, shouted in unison by a squad of cheerleaders

The arguments, pretty well rehearsed, include:

Rehearsed my lines with me

in the afternoon the sisters rehearsed their play

Rehearsed her complaints in a letter. See Synonyms atdescribe