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Losing our faculties over a matter like sex ought not to make much sense for a species like ours that relies on its wits .

My boy is such a mischief maker, I am at my wits end with him.

He said: "Sat-navs are a great tool but they are not an alternative for keeping your wits about you and obeying the rules of the road. "

She said she collected her wits somehow and gestured him to a chair.

Hey, never take her to a horror movie again. She was scared out of her wits when the disfigured man took off his mask.

Now, if he had had his wits about him, he would have known that there was no use in building a dam where there was no water.

When he got his wits about him just a few seconds later, Ed ran to follow the man down the corridor, but he had vanished.

As we watch and experience this horrific disaster, it increasingly seems to me that wits and guts are very much what it is all about.

Suddenly a dog began to chase after he , scaring her almost out of her wits.

Then, scared out of his wits, he took to his heels and led a Flock of people in a flight all the way from heilungkiang to Kweichow Province.

Simon used his quick wits to come up with a clever and funny answer to his mother's question.

A voice speaking Greek told him that I was a mute, had no wits and growled like a beast.

Evidently the woman had been scared out of her wits, as well she might be. The noise was so terrible.

Yes. But such a man could hardly be sensible and I could never love a man who was out of his wits.

A cheerful sight perhaps, but to me it seemed like the public ward in a hospital. The proprietor didn't seem to have all his wits either.

Dr. Morrison said he had been getting about 20 letters and email messages a day from people as far away as India scared out of their wits.

It was at this point that I became truly apprehensive (scared out of my wits to be honest) of what I was about to do.

And I've got to figure out a way to live on my wits because my back is getting tired.

At this point you can also go up to the partners of the people who you fancy and challenge to a battle of wits or money.

It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his wits.

In the end they let me go, but I definitely had been scared out of my wits.

The figure in the dark terrified her out of her wits .

When the fire broke out in the ship, Sally was frightened out of her wits.

He had assumed, Duo thought, that the cathedral was empty. He must have been scared of his wits when both boys materialized out of nowhere.

During he whole of this time, Scrooge had acted like a man out of his wits.

Of the enemy, some died on the way and some, frightened out of their wits, leaped into the river and were drowned.

It was nearly ten o'clock at night when I cast myself down upon my bed, and I began to gather my scattered wits.

Yoda's owner confessed that at first glance, she thought Yoda was a rat and was scared out of her wits.

No victim ever died swiftly, but lingered on in screaming agony as Nick hacked and chopped away with a sword that was as dull as his wits.

Antony did not display the sharp wits he had shown in past battles.

These two sharp wits never met in former times but a perfect war of raillery was kept up between them.

"It - it - indeed! " gibbered one, whose wits had plainly given out for the moment.

Most people affirm pleasure to be the good , but the finer sort of wits says it is knowledge .

The enemy, scared out of their wits, were routed, and all of us laughed for joy.

All concerned should have the wits to see that and the guts to act accordingly.

Of course, wits. xml is the name of the file containing all the incident reports, of which a snippet was shown in Listing 1.

And the only person with the tactical wits to puzzle it out has been isolated.

The continuous exchanges further confused their wits, and yet held off an unendurable loneliness.

Please don't come up behind her quietly like that: you startled her out of her wits.

"You have lost your wits completely, " his father said, shaking his head. "When is a penny worth more than one piece of silver? "

Any hiker should have his wits about him when walking on this hiking trail.

It'll take sharp eyes and quick wits to uncover all the differences in these fun-filled images!

This advertiser seems to have exhausted his wits.

You terrified me out of my wits, telling me that story.

I usually use the first screens for the local machine and the last screens for the distant machine, to help keep my wits together.

Self confidence is the difference between feeling unstoppable and feeling scared out of your wits.

When I am out of my wits about newly technology and alternative things, Don't laugh at me, please.

divers. . . have been frightened out of their wits by giant fish bumping into them as they work.

He has worked with the beast battle of wits, have courage and fight savage cannibalism, and a savage probation for a good man. . .

She was terrified out of her wits.

Any man knows when he is justified, and all the wits in the world cannot enlighten him on that point.

I remembered feeling scared out of my wits singing for an assembly of high school kids.

However, when rolling Naomeng to keep calm and then got to match wits with the process, the biggest test of self-control and good judgment.

The principal of this primary school is a middle-aged woman of sharp wits and great sense of humor.

Dickens recalled how she scared him out of his wits with bloodthirsty tales.

just keep your wits about you and steer clear of the concrete jungle that entangles Tokyo's barely beating heart.

The government needs all the wits at its disposal to ask the right questions of the experts.

Quick witted, intelligent and light hearted, it is a delight to watch a Gemini and a Sagittarius having their "war of the wits" dialogs.

Because she was at her wits` end, she turned to the judge again.

When facing the messy TV circuit, many girls would be totally out of their wits .

enormous terrify The girl was terrified out of her wits.

Just about anything can be turned into a gripping test of wits or stamina.

The sound of footsteps outside scared her out of her wits.

As I collected my wits and moved on, through the turnstiles and back to my normal routine, I pondered the incident.

Naturally the selection wits limited but we did find the Kinsey report, with its many accounts of real people having sex.

Great wits jump(says the Poet)and hit his head against the Post.

e. g. She was frightened out of wits by the gunshot outside door.

By the time she got her wits about her, she had risen to the layer of ice.

His daily habits were quite open to observation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . , that the wits of the curious were fairly puzzled.

In 2002, she was at her wits end and could only see a dream of death ahead.

Oh, what a ghost of dead and buried wealth had Peter Goldthwaite raised, to scare himself out of his scanty wits withal!

In this extensively in Paris and London, chase, the Random House and Naifu found that they had never seen with a match wits behind this.

Keep your alliances close, your blades sharp and your wits about you at all times - for you will need them.

He kept his wits about him and managed to escape at last.

one's life, sharpens one's wits, reduces one's boredom, broadens one's horizons, and makes one more interesting and pleasant to be with.

The festival experienced a four match wits Finally, in section IV Aqiao team competition to the advantage of a signal victory.

Let's first take a look at how Discovery Edition was configured to search and navigate the WITS collection using the default user interface.

Never take me to horror film again. I was scared out of my wits.

When she saw the snake the little girl was scared out of her wits.

A parent said, "In the middle of the night you'll see them and they will seem likely to scare you out of your wits. "

For the coming two weeks, team nine two five will rely on their wits and the land. Those who fail will be sent back to their regular unit.

A sudden shout scared her out of her wits.

Kase. When you're at the end of your wits, sit in a room where you can surround yourself with cool colors or find a bench in a garden.

She said she collected her wits somehow.

Chinese classroom teaching is a platform, in which teachers and students overflow their enthusiasm and flicker their wits.

Indeed, the contest between Republicans and Democratic is really the battle of wits and courage between brainpowers behind the two camps.

I could never love a man who was out of his wits.

Nobody will come to a pub where they'll get scared out of their wits .

A battle-of-wits between the two 'salespeople' develops, from which genuine attraction begins to emerge.

Unable to get a job when he left school, Tom lived by his wits and in the end turned to crime.

Unable to get a job when he left school, Tom lived by his wits and in the end turned to crime.

I was scared out of my wits when I watched the guy falling off the tall tree.

No wonder the poor man jumped. Im sure he was at his wits end.

eg. Their years in parliament had sharpened their wits and made them adept at insinuation.

Without outside investment, companies like these often have to rely solely on their wits and hard work to establish themselves.

I could see from first glance that he was a half-wit, but then half wits sometimes have the genius to amass a fortune.

Saying you wanted to kikk yourself, you terrified me out of my wits.

I only need half my wits to be a match for you.

A mouse scared her out of her wits.

Countless space experts are laying down their wits and energy to accelerate the realization of the launch of Shenzhou VI spaceship.

He badgered the witness out of his wits.

They were frightened out of their wits by our struggle.

He seemed to be at his wits end before those ticklish questions.

He lacks formal education but is adept at living by his wits.

Your mastery of Jedi Mind Tricks will be essential if you're to keep your wits about you and defeat VW.

It was fortunate that she could keep her wits.

E. g. : I couldn't get a permanent job so I had to live by my wits for a couple of years.

Saying you want to kill yourself, you terrified me out of my wits.

Hunts to be tested, tossed into the wild. Let to pit his wits and will against nature's fury.

He seemed to be at his wits end before those ticklish question.

Occasionally you'll scare the wits out of you.

Mother had an aunt who lived to a hundred and six and kept her wits until the end.

Effect: You gain a 2 modifier on reflexive Wits Composure rolls for your character to detect an impending ambush.

Family problems with the pressure of white-collar men make their wits, be agitated and depressing, all day can not lift spirit.

They startled him out of his wits .

With no state salary, he earns money by his wits.

As the most gifted of the "University Wits, " Marlowe composed six plays within his short lifetime.

His provocative remark nearly drove me out of my wits.

Yea, many there be that have run out of their wits for women, and become servants for their sakes.

Everyone was at their wits end. Not even the best doctor in the country could cure her .

On Axion, the diminutive Jedi Master defeated a missile-laden hailfire droid with his wits and the power of the Force.

The old man's wits, once gone a -wool-gathering, rarely came back in a hurry .

This exam is too much for me. I'm out of my wits.

The Hollywood wits gathered to exchange jokes and top one another.

He always has his wits about him.

Being followed was terrifying, but Kate kept her wits about her and got home safely.

Scaring them out of their wits will produce little beyond fear.

He uses his wits to exploit his colleagues' conflicts, quickly becomes his boss's favorite and gets much useful inside information.

Once again, the Financial Times' top pundits have assembled to pit their wits against the fickle future.

If quick wits come of climate, it is as you say, sir.

The secret is to watch people closely and, keeping your wits about you, follow their mental processes in your own mind.

With renewed daylight, one may gather the wits that were scattered about like restrictive undergarments in the darkness.

As examples of documents that have extensive metadata associated with them, let's use the WITS document collection.

Now she gets calls several times a day from people who are often at their wits end dealing with the problem.

Facing death that is imposed on us, we would be terrified out of our wits.

The maskedman startled the woman out of her wits when she went to her room.

Help Lilly match wits with the doctor and foil his plan to win the national youth spelling bee.

A car passed me at top speed, sounding its horn, frightening me out of my wits.

The roller coaster scared me out of my wits.

She was getting tipsy. Watch out here, girl. Keep your wits about you.

To beat the stock market is a battle of wits. Your mind must be active, keen and alert.

Don't joke with me today for I am at my wits' end.

General Doihara, in his role of the Japanese Army's diplomatic Shanghai Lily, matched wits last week with Hongkong Hu. It is Mr.

That loud noise scared me out of my wits wits.

I'm at my wits' end with this problem.

After the public security personnel, and the criminals wits, finally bring the criminals to justice.

Colleague : Oh, I am at the end of my wits and running out of steam.

It was a real battle of wits.

I was scared out of my wits, giving my first performance.

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.

However, Mr Hafeez warns "there is no free lunch" and investors should keep their wits about them.

Jack always lives by his wits and he cannot support his family.

The accident scared me out of my wits.

The beggar boy lived by his wits.

I've had to compete with some of the sharpest wits to get my pile.

The customer isn't the object that we quarrel and match wits, never someone once won and the customer's quarrel.

People, please keep your wits about you, don't jump on the idiotic panic buying bandwagon, don't contribute to the panic or the chaos.

My daily drive to work was precious 'me' time, when I cranked up my guilty-pleasure music or collected my wits.

But there were many, who declassed by hard social conditions never worked, and lived by their wits.

You'll drive me out of my wits if you go on behaving this way.

Ashima and heat to rescue his son bubba wits, contest, win, and finally rescued by her sister.

Most candidates go into a job interview thinking it's a contest where the goal is to defeat the interviewer in some type of battle of wits.

They will have to keep their wits about them through conditions of near-constant change.

'I'm at my wits end, ' she says.

The car accident happened right in front of my eyes. I was scared out of my wits.

You are known for your professionalism and wits.

The rounded two-legged "swamp turkeys" have short beaks, fatty waddles, and slow wits.

He often goes to a place called the Back Kitchen, frequented by all the wits and authors.

Perhaps you may live by your wits , but I not hope so .

Confused as Catherine was, her wits were alert at applying our conversation .

Defense: An advantage trait determined by taking the lowest of Dexterity or Wits.

Take a Time Out - You are at your wits end.

You really must have your wits about you when dealing with such people.

Why are so many traders at their wits' end, grappling with the obvious contradiction?

Popeye Popeye in order to rescue his girlfriend OLIVER, head battle of wits with the death of a puzzle game.

Coffee houses are packed and the craic is good: the age of wits such as Steele and Addison is dawning.

You scared me out of my wits.

The best you can do is keep your wits about you when everybody else is losing theirs.

Reason, Wits, Patience, Insistence and little Faith came.

You have to have your wits about you at all times.

In this part of the city you have to keep your wits about you all the time.

His quick wits compensate for his lack of brawn.

Be scared out of my wits.

After many trials and at my wits' end, I asked Xiao An, the young interpreter, for help.

The wits were usually ready with an answer.

I imagined half wits who listened to romance novels while eating sweets.

you want to match wits with me? you're so silly!

The party tonight was crowded with wits and beauties.

They can scare the wits out of you, make you cry, make you laugh.

Generations of urban living sharpened their wits.

I was frightened out of my wits.

He was proud of his quick wits.

Among Ruth's vast circle of contacts was Julius Lewin, a professor at Wits.

by hard social conditions never worked, and live by their wits.

About at his wits' end, he remembered the envelopes.

The two of them had an encounter of wits.

Sharpen your wits, open your eyes, look beyond my exteriors.

I entered the quiz just for fun and found myself pittingmy wits against a university professor.

Through our talents, through our wits, through our endurance and through our creativity, we will make it.

I was frightened out of my wits when I met the tiger face to face.

His ongoing battle of wits with Herlock Sholmes accounts for some memorable events.

Bill and I had teamed together a long time , living more or less by our wits.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

We shall need to have our best wits about us if we are to avoid confusion.

His speech was full of wits.

Accept the roadblock5 and fail? Or use imagination and wits to find another road to my goal?

I was scared out of my wits.

I know. I know you can fight. But it's our wits that make us men. . See you tomorrow.

You are at your wits' end and have begun to dread meal times.

I am at my wits end because I know TV is not good for children's eyes, brains, etc.

It's a nice little thing pitting our wits together ". "

Predator special police team to bring you match wits with the criminals!

No way. I will be scared out of my wits.

They fish, forage, and survive by their wits.

In Climate Mission 's ecologically themed puzzles, you can test your wits and learn more about climate change at the same time.

Entices little kids into Ghost Street, to play a supernatural game that scares their wits out.

I am frightened out of my wits !

So you're just living down here by your wits all you're alone.

And one person sharpens the wits of another.

Finally we were at our wits'end.

The game was a long battle of wits.

Left to pit his wits and will against nature's fury.

Keep your wits about you when you are dealing with anything.

Here are some top prevention tips worth their weight in wits, plus a few to forget.

The whole WITS XML file is stored in the XML column.

We may think that poker is a battle, a game of wits where the most intelligent and cunning player will win.

Keep your humor and your wits about you.

You seemed to be at your wits end. why are you sitting here without doing anything? What had happened?

Then you look forward to more of what is it? The magnificent scenes of war? Sweet beauty of love? One-third of the world's battle of wits?

I needed time to gather my wits before seeing him again.

His wits sharpened even he's older.

John: I suggest we wage a battle of wits.

I am at my wits' end.

But it's our wits that make us men.

Debates sharpen one's wits.

No. It will numb my wits. I must have them all.

We are very sorry, we have wits!

She is at her wits'end under the situation.

Jeer at life with humor and wits.

It's a battle of wits and courage.

Keep your wits about you.

Keep your wits above you.

When I was embraced by him , I completely lost my wits .

If you can keep your wits about you while others are losing theirs and blaming you, the world will be yours.

If we trust to our wits instead of to God, we produce consequences for which God will hold us responsible.

Jim is a boy with quick wits.

Chess is a battle of wits.

and it is also full of wits and punch lines which make the reading a whole lot more fun.

It's our wits that make us men.

On the other hand, sitting next to him, the child's MOTHER looks at wits end.