shrug

She stood naked except for her bra, which hung by one strap down the side of her body; she had not the impetus to shrug it of.

The fact that both images seem to be based off of two Tsubasa works, it's too blatant to shrug off as coincidence or "artistic license. "

The fact that no one was badly hurt, bar one of the suspected jihadists, has made it easier for Britons to shrug off the latest attacks.

She flat on her left arm to me, shrug torch-like glare out there in her palm, jump burning, never leave the potential field of her palm.

"I'm a lousy gambler, " he said with a shrug. "But maybe I'll do better now, knowing there's nothing to lose. "

In a different society, your disappointment due to the final grade B might be something you could shrug away. But not in ours.

In came the bailiffs. "One day, the banks are sucking up to you, the next they hate your guts, " he says with a Gallic shrug.

With a frown and a resigned shrug I take my seat, watching as the screen in front of me replays my disaster of a shot again and again.

Except in those cases in which a species is driven to extinction, the Earth's ability to shrug such things off is often underestimated.

So it is tempting to shrug off the announcement on November 26th that China pulled out of an EU-China summit, at less than a week's notice.

She wanted to be reassured and to see her father shrug his shoulders and say to her: "You are a little goose. "

Caitlin gives an ineffable shrug of her shoulder and shakes her head with her eyes almost closed.

My mother said that she was proud of me, and when she suggested that I work at the snack bar again next year, I did not even shrug.

It was a bubble, I would respond with a sheepish shrug, as if that were an adequate explanation.

Taxation would no longer be able to reflect the preferences of the voters. The new member states did not shrug off the Soviet yoke for that.

Some are inclined to shrug their shoulders. After all, corruption does not seem to be stopping India from growing.

My American classmate seemed a little disappointed at what I said, and turned away with a shrug.

'Would I follow Benitez? I don't know, ' he said with a shrug. 'At the moment I really know little about my future.

Face to make a rather sour face, head sideways, and spread out his hands on flat surface, shrug helplessly watch and said no way, etc.

"Each to his own, " she said with a shrug, and turned away.

I turned to the boy with a shrug. "You're really getting cheated, " I said. "You ought to get your parents to come in here and protest. "

I shrug, because it seems to me that when you run an institution, the institutionalisation of the inmates is a wholly desirable outcome.

May be old-fashioned like me, a shrug to see such a person to fear, on hearing "ah horizontal" to go to the bathroom.

"They must not be very hungry, " I thought with a shrug, and continued my feast.

In a different society, your disappointment might be something you could shrug away.

Fed officials sigh and shrug about public opinion but say their duty is to the bank's dual mandate on employment and inflation.

She was too keyed up to allow herself anything as casual as a shrug or a shake of the head.

It's easy to shrug off the current spike in inflation as temporary.

Sometimes even pointing it out to friends or family will only lead to a shrug.

Madam Soula tries to shrug off the hullabaloo over her sponsorship. "Do they have anyone else to give them the money? " she asks.

The wall fell because of those thousands of pressing bodies, and because of that border guard's shrug.

With an irritated shrug he said, "If you don't like it, we'll find you another room. "

"It was left in my bag, and on summit day I thought I might as well bring it, " he says with a shrug.

So with a shrug of her shoulders she tackled the advertising assignment she needed to complete.

The hound gave the canine equivalent of a shrug, but immediately lost interest because now the Master, the Center of its Universe, spoke.

A shrug brings a nod of approval, as if having passed a squeamishness test. Many haven't.

There was nothing for me to do but stand up with a shrug.

Mr Sarkozy tried to shrug all this off, having reshuffled his team only recently.

Instead, we are embarrassed and shrug off the words we are really so glad to hear.

Many retail investors shrug off the inherent disadvantage they face, with so many insiders privy to so much information that they are not.

That shrug is the problem, and the point of the research published last week in the journal Science.

Daughter did not have no eyes no longer shrug.

A shrug, a sigh, or any of a number of expressive sounds as well as speech can follow it.

Asian markets were able to shrug off the economic impact of the 2004 tsunami pretty quickly.

"You do what comes up, day by day, " he said with a shrug.

They'll probably meet the news with a typically Gallic shrug, but the French are the saddest nation on the planet.

The shoulder shrug has also been defined as a form of defensive hunching or symbolic retreat from an unmanageable situation.

Ruth looks at me and I shrug. "I don't know what to ask, " I say.

Ms. Moss gave an amiable shrug and then fished in her big Balenciaga bag for a fresh cigarette.

I shrug my shoulders when people tell me that their first impressions of a person are always right.

we aer embarrassed and shrug off the words we are really so glad to hear.

we are embarrassed and shrug off the words we are really so glad to hear.

"What to do? " he wonders with a shrug as he begins feeding old bottles into the machine.

Candidates with the prominence and fund-raising prowess of Mr Romney and Mr Perry can afford to shrug off the results of the straw poll.

Mostly, however, the reaction has been a shrug of the shoulders.

We -- free society, so we let pornography, and all these things, you know, we shrug them off.

Jane answered my question with a shrug of her shoulders.

Coralie cried, with a shrug of her robust shoulders.

'I told him, 'It's a movie, ' ' she recalls with a shrug.

You have to be thick-skinned enough to shrug it all off and continue to forge ahead.

He turned off the question with a shrug of the shoulders.

Mr Singh's main response has been a shrug and a twinkly smile.

Try these strategies, and you'll be prepared to shrug off any tough situation thrown at you.

Opposition goalkeeper David James could only shrug his shoulders after being beaten by the pearl of a set piece.

Such a collective Euro-shrug only stores up trouble, since there are other places where Russia enjoys fomenting bother.

The opposition shrug that off and say he's since become a dictator, forgetting the poor and curbing press freedom.

"I'm [considered] kind of a wacko in Lima, " Holle admits with a shrug.

As a result, we're better able to shrug off the visceral emotional pull of immediate rewards.

This kid's got a knack for a China boycott. Nothing slips past him, I can tell. I shrug and hold out my hand.

But most companies will be able to shrug off the credit squeeze.

Markets responded with a shrug, however, partly because there are glimmers of a turnaround.

It feels like a chance to be different from myself; to shrug off what is cumbersome and grasp something light and free.

Morgan Stanley's stock rose Wednesday, suggesting investors were willing to shrug off the quarter.

One - sided shrug shows I've absolutely no confidence of what I just said .

I talk to her, but she don't answer me, just give me a shrug.

None of this means China can completely shrug off safety concerns.

he says, and the shrug in his voice makes me look up at him.

INVESTORS were until recently big fans of the "decoupling" theory, the notion that Asian economies can shrug off an American recession.

We start by learning the shoulder shrug, shrugging the shoulders up, the elbows out, and the palms of the hands facing outward.

Westerners may shrug at the decline of traditional hunting but, in a sense, we all live on the Greenland ice sheet now.

Putin said Russia would follow its own view on democracy and shrug off any "standards enforced on us from outside. "

And Beijing will be able to shrug it off even if, heaven forbid, the share price bombs.

Sudden rapid, recurring muscle contraction-usually a Blink, sniff, twitch, or shrug-always Brief, irresistible, and localized.

Unsurprisingly, fund managers shrug off the idea their fees will come under pressure this year.

Perhaps consumers could shrug off the decline in their wealth if they felt confident at work.

His father asked him, with a shrug.

MOST Argentines reacted with a shrug when their government began doctoring its consumer-price index in 2007.

"They had written that I was overbearing, " she replied with a shrug. "I made them take it off. "

Sleep and brain sap are both great survival abilities. You can shrug off enemy harass and negate any killing attempts they may have.

Trapezius can be developed or circling dumbbell shrug exercises.

Despite the inevitable user reaction, most programmers just shrug their shoulders and put error message boxes in anyway.

"You stick them on batteries to make them look real, " she says, with a shrug.

This time the huffing and puffing was met by a nonchalant shrug.

But let's focus on the positive. Here are 6 good reasons to shrug off the guilt and be grateful you're a working mother.

With another shrug, I threw the dead body of the cockroach into the lavatory and flushed it.

He dismissed the event with a most unsympathetic shrug.

The shoulder shrug puts your shoulders and arms in the same position as a butterflyers when their arms are recovered forward.

With the HSBC Finance mortgage book now in run-off, investors seem set to shrug off further deterioration in the assets.

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes expects Gareth Barry to shrug off a groin problem and face Liverpool on Saturday.

I would refuse to go shopping or make dinner in protest; he'd shrug his shoulders and order a pizza.

Just shrug and show them there's nothing you can do to stop your ex from saying such things, and then move on.

Monday, the market seemed to shrug them off, saying in effect, 'enough, already. '

Clinical depression is not a phase or a normal stage of development, nor something kids can shrug off.

And both APIs are finally being embraced by PBX vendors, who were slow to shrug off their proprietary backgrounds.

Players howl, shrug, punch the air, raise their palms and sometimes chase referees 90 feet to plead their case.

You shrug off the notion that your work leaves an artistic legacy.

She gave a shrug of her shoulders.

The euro area may shrug off these ills, particularly if Germany powers ahead and consumer spending picks up.

If I lose, I am going to shrug my shoulders and laugh-----also if I win.

Ask economists, sociologists or businessmen what the government should reform and you are often met with a baleful shrug.

The rest of the industry would then shrug and fall in behind them.

Yet no more easily can China's government simply shrug its shoulders when America appears to flout the 1982 undertaking.

Then you notice little carpet burn, my stomach drop and my guts churn. You shrug and it's the worst, who truly stuck the knife in first?

they shrug their shoulders and reply, "Everyone does not do so. "

Why didn't humanity evolve a way to *shrug off romantic loss and easily renew the quest to a suitable reproductive partner?

"They're probably already here, " he says with a shrug.

And, as fatigue mounts, athletes frequently shrug their shoulders up into their necks, limiting their arms' ability to swing freely.

For so prominent a citizen to toss his hat into the ring would cause scarcely a shrug elsewhere.

You tend to thrive on your own and shrug off most affection.

Wharton gave a contemptuous shrug of the shoulders.

The summer signing has returned to Milanello this morning after failing to shrug off a problematic ankle injury.

Although he can shrug his shoulders and move his head, he needs help to breathe.

I had several shows recommended to me and all I could do was shrug and tell them that I didn't watch TV.

Shrug your shoulders! Teddy Bear . Shrug your shoulders! Teddy Bear .

"O. K. , let him put on pants, " an amenable officer agreed with a shrug.

But many shrug it off, arguing that it was mainly driven by food prices rising 18. 2 per cent from the previous year.

In a similar way, they shrug off their physical functions.

In all, the pipeline approach doesn't hide from the transparency of XML data, hoping to shrug off security problems.

You're a father and you can't simply shrug off your responsibilities to your children.

"I came in off the street, " said one man (40s, polo shirt) with a shrug.

But Japan is taking the demotion with a shrug.

"I was upset at the time, " he admitted with a shrug.

Shrug. Scowl. Sigh. Then the report goes in the drawer, preserved for I'm not quite sure what.

If we were talking about a purely private concern we might shrug our shoulders and move on.

He gives us such explanation on this issue, and then he gives a shrug.

This actress tried to shrug off these reporters.

If you sit back, shrug, and say you can't do anything, their interests will prevail over yours.

"It's just armor, " said Duck, with a shrug.

That shrug is a measure of America's difficulty in designing a China policy.

She repeated the almost imperceptible shrug.

Once the royal family gets a taste for the bonus culture it will want to shrug off such unfair constraints on trade.

Would an aeronautical engineer merely shrug his shoulders if a control panel malfunctioned in mid-flight?

If China was simply a medium-sized country, the world could shrug off its currency policies.

So you shrug it off and look no further -- and you miss Christ knocking at your heart's door.

In Buffalo or Missoula, a 20-inch snowfall might get a half-hearted shrug.

The idea of extinction weighs too heavily to just shrug and walk away.

Some people can shrug off their failed relationships, but this doesn't mean they recover faster.

I usually get a shrug by way of reply.

She can shrug off all her trouble.

We shrug it off as mysterious but trivial because all kids do it.

It needs courage to shrug off warning from supervisors.

Oftentimes, we'll just shrug it off and say that life got in the way.

She answered with a shrug.

Only in this way can laid-off workers completely shrug off poverty and regain their dignity in life.

Come the crisis in Ireland, and the euro did little more than shrug.

In doing so, it helped to shrug off a British indifference towards the look of London.

Moreover, precisely because the losses were so widespread, some investment managers are apt to shrug them off, as a force of nature.

They shrug off the defeat.

He finishes with a shrug.

The shrug makes it difficult to drop the elbows, a major stroke problem.

I really admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.

This is the ideal way to begin the out-scull as the shoulders are narrower during the shrug, reducing resistance.

But anywhere else in the world, people just shrug at odd weather. In Beijing they assume the government is manipulating Mother Nature.

Property is cyclical, they shrug.

I shrug. "I'm so sorry, " she says, twitching her mouth.

A gallic shrug in a heated debate.

Teenage boys not only shrug, they grunt and, on a good day, mumble.

Maybe some people might like to shrug it off as mere ego.

Many Greek-Cypriots shrug their shoulders: they are now in the EU and the euro.

The sick man gave a curt shrug of amusement.

When the hands are nearly extended, shrug the shoulders to begin the outscull.

Shrug off one's words as childish nonsense.

Most importantly, shrug off any 'shoulds'.

When someone asks me this I just shrug and smile.

She gave a shrug and walked away.

It is wrong to shrug off this kind of disease.

Take off your shrug, please.

"Was there a dragon? " Tyrion said with a shrug. "All I know is that no dead queens were found. "

I shrug, anxiously.

But all he did was shrug.

She can shrug off her troubles and keep *illing.

These are not questions the older generation can shrug off lightly.

In any case, there will always be other insults. As some leading Muslims have noted, Islam has to learn to shrug them off.

They would shrug their shoulders, and treat you like a child.

When we are washing hands, don't forget to shrug the tag.

Many people shrug at corruption because they figure it's eternal and incurable.

I am not saying the occasional guy won't still open the fridge, pick you up, give a sniff, shrug and take a sip anyway.

"marry her then, " said the count, with a significant shrug of the shoulders

Many in Japan shrug off the problem of ageing.

Ten years on, Mr Brown has left it too late to shrug off a record of overspending, overtaxing and overborrowing.

Shrugging his shoulders he went away =He went away with a shrug

With a shrug, she acquiesced in his proposal that they go to the football game together

If you shrug your shoulders, that means you are not interested in something

They shrug off anything that goes beyond their everyday, routine concern for their own livelihood; they seek ways of escape;

All my ache has been shed with a shrug

Joey and Monica look at each other and shrug. Ross enters with Marcel on his shoulder

with a shrug of despair

You shrug and it's the worst,