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Discovering how to chip stones to make a tool that would cut flesh was the moment man learned to be an opportunist.

And with energy prices high, they trying to appeal to people like Ms. Conrad, who are looking for ways to chip away at expenses.

The idea of asking people to chip in for schools is not unprecedented, but it is usually a bit more subtle.

Firms that provide these things may be prepared to chip in towards the cost of the music service in return for customer loyalty.

One of the guys is about to chip onto the green when he sees a long funeral procession on the road next to the course.

They are always trying to chip away at big government, big business, big unions, big influence.

That will almost certainly preclude them from overturning health-care reform, though they will try to chip away at it.

Oceanwide agreed to chip in $275 million and pay some of the infrastructure costs in exchange for a prime piece of the land.

chip in: I'm very sorry that I can only afford to chip in a few dollars this time.

Biofuels, including ethanol and biodiesel, will continue to chip away at demand in the world's largest consumer of motor fuels, he said.

The IMF is expected to chip in with funding worth at least half as much again.

Paint and stain. Exterior paint tends to chip, peal and fade. Look for signs of wear and touch up where needed.

Use the tip of a knife to chip off the top of an egg. Discard the egg or cook it.

She is so friendly and takes me home often, but she will not allow me to chip in on gas, she says she is making the trip anyway.

We decided to chip in and buy him a leather jacket.

Among the other risks: Persistent unemployment will mean less tax revenue, making it harder to chip away at federal budget deficits.

The deal is Microsoft's latest attempt to chip away at the dominance of the search leader, .

Google continues to chip away at Microsoft's business but this latest move is no more than a trumpet call in that long battle.

I can only afford to chip in a few dollars this time.

I know we've agreed to split the bill three ways. but you can't expect me to chip in for that.

All her life, little by little, he's tried to chip away at her hopes!

Exterior paint tends to chip, peal and fade.

He is about to chip onto the green when he sees a long funeral procession on the road next to the course.

If sex ends before one or more than one of the partners involved wants it to end, then everyone needs to chip in.

With the Depression-era fading from memory, the increasingly powerful banking industry started to chip away at the provisions.

When you are trying to explain something to somebody , you can always rely on Reg to chip in with his opinion .

To have an electric kettle and a fridge, the five room-mates have to chip in 500 rubles (17 dollars) each.

Tightly-coupled multiprocessing refers to chip-level multiprocessing (CMP).

Yet Jakarta continues to finance projects through tax revenues, rather than inviting overseas bond funds to chip in.

All creditors, including governments and the European Central Bank, will have to chip in.

By getting the city and federal governments to chip in with bonuses, he has managed to double the salaries of front-line policemen.

I could only afford to chip in a few pounds.

Police then said they caught an American student scaling a wall of the Colosseum to chip off pieces of marble.

For the Inuit to get water they normally have to chip blocks off an iceberg or light a fire.

It's not a panacea, but cracking down on demand seems a useful way to chip away at 21st-century slavery.

It is difficult to chip old paint off the inside of a container.

Then let the baby imitate set off firecrackers, and learn to "chip, pa" voice.

But competitors have begun to chip away at its dominance.

Trun cold control off and open door and let ice melt on it's own, never use sharp objects to chip ice away.

Early computers used cards as memory before moving to chip technology.

She is trying to get some body to chip in so they can buy a bicycle form this kid named Tito.

In the late 1990s, there were trends in the external device designed to chip directly installed on the motherboard.

When we experience a quality issue, every team member should be willing to chip in to address the issue.

The new manager learned to chip away at the firm's methods, rather than try to change everything at once.

Help the team find some aspect of the problem to chip away at.

Nicholas tried to chip onto green But Ball 1MRS over and lands in Bunker.

Some cable channels started to chip in content, too.

Sometimes it took hours to chip away enough frozen earth to get to unfrozen ground.

Sorry to chip in, but did I hear you say Mary was coming soon?

We would like to raise campaign funds by getting common people to chip in.

And the pitch is slightly different to chip.

The family offered to chip in only $10 million but asked for $200 million in public money.

Since there were only 10 of us, everyone had to chip in to finish the job on time.

I want to chip in to help you guys.

This is a hard rock. You may have to chip away at it for hours

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