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You can pay a full-board supplement. . . but for heaven's sake don't do that . . . you see it's a bit dull eating in the hotel all the time.

All that glistens is not gold, any more than all that seems heavy or dull must automatically be lead.

Banking and asset management used to be perceived as fairly dull jobs, which did not attract a significant wage premium.

Out of the dull loneliness of siege, the stroll in the fresh nature of space, bathed in the New Year sun and breeze.

Most people think of it, when they think of it at all, for it seems to have this reputation as dull, as a nice, quiet almost charming job.

This time, instead of a popping noise there was a dull explosion, followed by a series of crackling noises and a shower of sparks.

They have this overriding feelings, you know how to become more of a strong life, Michelia through the dull life.

Zidane's off-field blandness extends to his wardrobe, which is just sort of dull and unimaginative. Luckily his wife has perfect taste.

Nearby, the dark, dull edge of a tumor threatens like an approaching squall.

D. this novel was built up to be a master piece but i found it very dull.

'But isn't it a bit dull at times? ' the Mole ventured to ask. 'Just you and the river, and no one else to pass a word with? '

Eric noticed that although her rids showed through a dull coat, her eyes were bright and animated. Finally, he shrugged his shoulders.

All of these methods are an attempt to inject adventure in lives that have become increasing dull due to the technologies of a modern world.

A career of endless repetition would be very dull; better by far to be engaged in at least an attempt at regular renewal.

Let me make a comparison: southern bamboo is as fresh as a little girl, while northern bamboo is as dull as an old lady.

Famous writer, mo yan is thought, "if everyone write like Tolstoy classic that this society is too dull and heavy. Flowers to the best. "

"Where are we? " Jennings shook his head, trying to clear the dull ache.

Desktop wallpapers have always been a great source of inspiration and the best way to spice up your dull desktop.

Jon felt silly and laughed "I have spent all of my time trying to cut trees with a dull axe. All I needed to do was sharpen it! "

I did not Jiaohao looks good and a good attitude is all the wealth I only want their own dull and quiet life.

Was it a craving to be thought distinguished, a dread of being dull, or merely an effect of overfeeding?

The increasingly dull nature of many industrial jobs has led to the alienation of many workers.

I felt very dull all the evening, but deemed it advisable NOT to say anything to Carrie about the matter.

Do not read out verbatim the contents of the screen without adding any other on, the audience will feel dull.

A boy in a dull green padded jacket is walking against the wind, but later, he no longer seems capable of walking without staggering.

The air around is abnormal dull, this allows me to stand to enter a brief meditation state, for feeling around the information field.

Once upon a time, I used to be alone, and gradually I become eluding the opposite sex, the days are dull to me.

and as she was a very cheerful, agreeable woman, be hoped the young ladies would not find it so very dull as they might imagine.

I slide open the iron door which had been locked for a winter, but the dull noise of it sounded as though it had been in rust for a century.

He is dull sometimes, and yet once in a while he surprises us with his exceptional clairvoyance!

A natural storyteller, he injects life and humanity into what might have otherwise been a dull list.

Dull though I may be, I can return to him again and again, and he is always ready to teach me.

If you think you're dull because you don't wear the latest trends, buy a few new clothes.

They were huddled together near a fire. They looked at me with dull eyes, then looked away, as if afraid to provoke me.

The youngest among the women workers was as dull and colourless as the middle-aged.

Think about their own work, love is not suitable, dull, while some are spellbound, do not know their future how to walk along the road.

As weddings can be a bit dull for kids, we held it at London Zoo, which brought all the strands of my life together.

He said he believed in the old saying: 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. '

Yue-ming of the night, was that it had stung the hearts of a thousand miles away, dull, and never swelling.

Necessary up to a point, but quite dull, and not something that deserves a place in management literature.

It's too dull to stay at home all day long. Let's go out for a walk in the square.

He also had two dull sons by his first wife, Flo, and was up to his neck in alimony and child support.

Her heart was suddenly dull with pain , with weariness, as she thought of the long road she had come since those days.

As if suddenly melting, the countless leaping golden eyes smooth themselves down into a great, dull, green face.

there must have been five hundred dinning-rooms in London decorated in exactly the same manner. It was chaste, artistic, and dull.

LL: So, when I said the movie was "dullsville, " I was suggesting the movie was so boring, it was like living in the town of dull.

But whether he was being brilliant or dull, he had one sole topic of conversation: himself. What he thought and what he did.

When he tried to talk, nothing came out but "dull looks, dribbles and senseless sounds" .

Study chemistry, all contacts with him with other disciplines, like this studies does not will feel dull.

And everything happens very slowly. . . which, to be honest, makes for something of a dull movie, but quite a realistic one.

Cairo has probably never been described as dull, so in my opinion it is worth spending more than just a couple of days.

Wisely, fat people see that such programs are too dull, too hard, too off the mark. They are never better than a whole cheesecake.

Besides the skin tone, what also make us a little dull are the dark circles of the eyes. Temporary solution is to hide them by makeup.

Its eyes were beginning to dull, as the owner squatted next to it, sprinkling water into its mouth, as if it were possible to revive it.

Next morning I said it was getting slow and dull, and I wanted to get a stirring up some way.

There has never been a dull moment in all my assignments and always the tremendous feeling of pride and purpose in our every initiative.

It was a thoroughly dull party from the beginning, but if you will come I shall be uncommonly grateful.

He cut loose from the dull, familiar ways he knew. His leaving was more than disrespectful. It was a betrayal.

The melancholic opening piano track sets such a dull, depressing feeling inside of you, and the same goes for the second track.

And then the police brought you back from the cemetery and you looked at us with those dull, indifferent eyes, and I stopped making excuses.

Having a bit of booze around may dull their senses a bit, but it keeps them working those long hours.

"I followed the undying one. I lost my way. " The Summoner's voice was soft and dull, like that of a man who speaks in sleep.

He look'd very dull at my saying so, which it seems was, because he thought the Boat too small to go so far.

A rough outline slowly came up to her dull mind in white glory, meanwhile, the passionate heart were to fly high in the universe.

Reciting the texts seems to be quite dull, but it is really helpful for learning English, especially for the beginners.

Again it seemed as though there was no driver present, but we could hear the dull roar of an engine left running.

But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky.

can be attributed to really dull, it is the best end-result of the heart.

In the afternoon, we meet for coffee, and the conversation is less than thrilling; not bad, just a bit dull.

If it was not conceived so smartly and written with such verve, it would be in danger of being worthy but dull.

This is typical winter, isn't it? A bit dull and lifeless, however, you can still do a lot, skating, mountain-climbing, skiing. . .

It is as if there are two TRUTHS: one that is dull, flat, boring, at least in the eyes of those who daub it with falsity ; the other . . .

The white eggshell had shattered where the egg had struck. Pieces of it had flaked away and what shone through was a dull yellow in color.

And the Indian holy man seems dull to us, I suppose, because he seems to be refusing to play anything at all .

Life might be too dull if it had no difficulties in it.

He drew back his chair, clasped his hands over his head, and gave himself up to dull and arid musing.

Life is short, Life is dull, life is full of pain. The trick is to enjoy life, accepting it has no meaning whatsoever.

If the sight had been a ghastly one in the dull morning, what was it, now, in all that brilliant light!

Was it a chance, or had the hour come, or did the ray of sunshine kindle a thought, a conjecture, in my dull mind?

His feeling for her, lulled into unconsciousness by the dull round of domesticity, had been sharply stirred by the loss of her presence.

If you can see everything with a sense of humor, you are an interesting person, and people will never feel dull together with you.

Ever since, the perception goes, that keen cosmic awareness they won has degenerated into a dull stupor, often seen in front of a TV screen.

He and his wife scarlett points hands, and between the children rarely common language, as for himself in the drug company's work is dull.

I once saw a photo of him. Wearing a cotton coat, he appeared to be very timid with a dull look in his eyes.

I felt the life dull and had nothing to do all day. Even the studying is quite different from that of senior high school.

Photo Tip: Local architecture is an important part of any destination, but building shots tend to be dull.

She'd said: "you'll die" with the dull lack of interest another woman might have said: "you'll lose your place in line. "

Jordan, whose talent for handling dull clients was equalled only by his acute sense of self-importance, would feel slighted.

And to the brain, a dry, dull, academic explanation is definitely CRAP (regardless of how much your mind cares about the topic).

That's absurd. he was not flirting with me. roman, it is going to be so dull for you To sit and watch them skate.

And to the brain, a dry, dull, academic explanation is definitely CRAP (regardless of how much your mind cares about the topic).

That's absurd. he was not flirting with me. roman, it is going to be so dull for you To sit and watch them skate.

Spot market today continued to the dull, sold on the market is still not in Mong Kok.

He said the work was dull at first, but he would grow used to it.

Before you discard a distribution for looking dull, run a few searches to see if it can be spruced up.

I used to be a 24-hour news consumer, but so much of the reporting is bad these days. I find tech reporting incredibly tedious and dull.

It was that dull kind of a regular sound that comes from oars working in rowlocks when it's a still night.

Henchard 's house was one of the best , faced with dull red -and- grey old brick .

And sometimes, without a little refresher course, the defensive edge that carried the Lakers to a 7-0 start tends to dull.

Also what they say. Students learn that long, dull speeches are not so effective, while short, "funny" ones seem to go over well.

Also what they say. Students learn that long, dull speeches are not so effective, while short, "funny" ones seem to go over well.

There is a dull pain in the lower part of my abdomen and I seem to have a slight temperature.

No, Im laying off the lush, all that wine you drink is rot-gut, it burns your stomach out, it makes your brain dull.

Last but not least, students' creativity tends to be repressed due to the humdrum and dull homework.

But don't you think you will find the country very dull after being so long in town?

An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.

Would be easy to dull Skin conditioning bright, Shui Ling color.

People who find dull jobs unendurable are often dull people who do not know what to do with themselves when at leisure.

Many would say that Mr Bush also had perseverance, carried to the point of dull-witted obstinacy, but nobody ever accused him of pragmatism.

She turned on him as he had never seen her, her narrow eyes widened, her face stirred with dull anger.

She turned on him as he had never seen her, her narrow eyes widened, her face stirred with dull anger.

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.

In addition, hotel food is often not especially good and hotel dining rooms are sometimes dull.

The germ was a Gram-positive rod, and showing as dull circle, short but straight, and which did not produce spore.

The time was that dull interval in a woodlander's life which coincides with great activity in the life of the woodland itself.

Her swing around the physique, with a bit dull, so to win the "Sister Furong, " the title.

Dull SMAS seperation should be used to avoid facial nerve injury at the surface of masseteric fascia and buccal fat pad.

This invariably wins him the admiration and respect of students, for he adds colour to the dull class with a sharp sense of humor.

The debate was dull, but I had to be there, and I read some documents that required my attention.

But this is too dull for prime-time, and before you know it, intelligent questions bog you down in complex details.

But this is too dull for prime-time, and before you know it, intelligent questions bog you down in complex details.

It is only when there is comparison between the one called clever and the one called dull that there is such a quality as dullness.

The dull heavy air is faint within; it longs to be reunited to the wind of the world outside.

b: as the saying goes: work while you work, play while play. all work and no play makes jack a dull boy, you know?

He's probably always been dull. You just, you know.

Chug: dull explosive sound, usually short and repeated, made by or AS if by a laboring engine.

I still lament how fat I am getting , but I certainly would be much more so without walking . And life would be very dull without it.

It means the conditions in the air around us how hot it is, how strong the wind is, whether it is sunny or dull, whether it is dry or wet.

Chocolate normally wAS dull brown crumbly stuff that tASted, AS nearly AS one could describe it, like the smoke of a rubbish fire.

But you may not know that Thomas Edison, in his early teens, was so dull that his teacher tried to get him out of the class.

Always suspected his dull . . . Although I such a stupid woman, a little slow perhaps easier than sensitive feeling of happiness.

At that time I was already a woman, maybe is a stay-at-home mom and wife, also perhaps is still a fine, dull and regular life.

CFRP is a dull black material which has a chemical structure similar to that of diamonds.

If it seems to be dull or lacking luster, this is also a toenail fungus symptom.

The next month may even inject livelier policy debate into what has been a dull campaign.

When it transformed to be a special culture, it has deeply effected our living, and turned the dull campus living to be vivid and colorful.

They landed with a merry jingle when the jar was almost empty. Then the tones gradually muted to a dull thud as the jar was filled.

These attributes won over buyers who were prepared to overlook the fact that those cars were often dull.

Yet until recently, Michael found themselves increasingly tired so dull life - everything seems to plan, no surprise.

This was always dull, but is now pointless too, as the votes have all been cast by proxy ahead of time.

It was as dull as it sounds, so Yang and Filo skipped class to surf the web.

the priest is to examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; that person is clean.

In practice, I had all day to think of the accounts and Zhena dull figures Heart Fanmen, tired, Deng stated that the board was riddled 100.

A person with a bright personality is usually more popular than a person with a dull personality, right?

Arnel Calabia bit his lip, trying to dull the pain from his trapped right hand.

According to a legend, Vikings were able to navigate in an ocean even during overcast (dull) weather using tourmaline crystals.

Eric noticed that although her ribs showed through a dull coat, her eyes were bright and animated.

dishwater Let's just get out of the movie. The plot is as dull as dishwater.

"Clara's conceited assumption of a universal interest in her dull children was ridiculous" (Arnold Bennett).

This is all sensational news, for without these planets' assistance, life can be dull and predictable at best.

If the blade is really dull, use the course grit stone first, then switch to a fine grit stone.

then those who turn back the sun, inside the keep, and dull, and down, and cold, then it is overcast.

Scarlett stood with her hand on the horse's bridle, a dull feeling at her heart.

Old Roger Chillingworth knelt down beside him, with a blank, dull countenance, out of which the life seemed to have departed.

The dull precious metal seemed to flash with a reflection of her bright and ardent spirit.

A few flakes first, in the dull gray late-afternoon sky, and then wind-driven swirls and eddies around the edges of their wide front porch.

For a while we chatted about all the sensible- but- dull pieces of the vast American Express empire .

We hope that a bigger model is not the only change to the exterior styling, and that VW makes the new Passat more bold and less dull.

The scabbard is content to be dull when it protects the keenness of the word.

The cross is a revelation to our dull senses of the pain that from its very inception sin has brought to the heart of God.

Hang them! ' said the captain. 'This is as dull as the doldrums. Gray, whistle for a wind. '

Isn't it a bit dull to shut yourself at one place all your life?

Materials make change the appearance of a whole shape, but sometimes even the shiniest objects can seem dull.

To write a dull book, as any poor writer could do, was unworthy of him.

Mrs. Bixby was thinking how different it all was from her dull husband at home.

I finish writing school assignment feeling very dull have gone and having gone to bed.

The book was so dull that it had him into the land of Nod in half an hour.

The bit is on the bottom of the drill string and must be changed when it becomes excessively dull or stops making progress.

It may also be used to compensate for proximity effect or to reduce the low frequencies that can make an instrument sound dull or " muddy. "

Wilson believed that even statistics, so far from being dull, could "afford the deepest and often the most exciting interest. "

They should be sent out to do a dull, repetitive, badly-paid job which can be learnt in half a day.

THE FIRST thing Simon heard was a humming noise, a dull buzz that pushed insistently against his ear as he struggled toward wakefulness.

Water on the land surface appears in shades of dull green, and a temporary river runs north-south through the image.

Staring at a dull and empty grid all day is not helping you move forward an inch.

'We called him Tortoise because he taught us, ' said the Mock Turtle angrily: 'really you are very dull! '

And I always have dull skin into normal skin of it, really quite contrary to one expected.

Daydream about the next vacation your boring work will pay for. Daydreaming gives us hope and helps us cope with the dull parts of life.

Typically, the preliminary film was on an African youth being ritualistically circumcised with a dull knife and without any anesthetic.

The sniper could hear the dull panting of the motor. His heart beat faster. It was an enemy car.

One kind of ability that I should possess is to get used to the dull routine of our daily life.

I was beginning to wonder if going to restaurants was becoming a little dull for our taste.

Einstein was far from being a child prodigy. (2) He was so long in learning how to speak that his parents began to fear that he was dull.

lack of interest: life, work and hobbies are interested in dull, to participate in various activities that have no meaning.

Somewhere along the line I experimented with color variations since the gray seemed a little dull.

I've been a sad dull man since Anne died, but you've made me feel very much alive again, and I'm grateful to you.

We are cruising along at 30 mph when, suddenly, the car flies up in the air and lands with a dull thump.

Before the sun visits, my life which is dull and deadly silent has no meaning.

The wall behind looks a bit gray and dull. What can we do to make it look less ugly?

Although we do not know, this is not so dull or exciting people.

The dentist saw many nights of desperation in his dull eyes. He closed the drawer with his fingertips and said softly: "Sit down. "

It was a dull film on the whole, though it had its moments.

In recent years, unable to move easily, I have a dull life like that of "a well frog" the whole day.

I just watched a dull movie and called it a night early.

Bernanke is a throwback to a more traditional Fed chairman : smart , dull and straightforward . He has had no crisis to deal with .

Meanwhile, the brain releases a cascade of endorphins, the body's natural opiates , to dull the pain of those potential injuries.

I'd like to take a week's vacation next month. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A dull explosive sound, usually short and repeated, made by or as if by a laboringengine.

I don't want him to be my boyfriend. He's dull and boring all over.

His dull senses told him it was not the same river where he and Bill had left their canoe.

You can see that I have no deep feelings for this person because my eyes will look dull---not happy or excited.

There was a dull rumbling sound and then, with an awful bang, Gustavus Adolphus exploded into fragments!

Years of doing the same dull job can turn you into a machine.

The job is often done with dull, un-sterile instruments.

Life was intolerably dull and stupid, and its taste was bad in his mouth.

Yet the sound increased -- and what could I do? It was a low, dull, quick sound like a watch makes when inside a piece of cotton.

You know Americans are silly. But they're stimuli of the dull world!

"People want to be surprised, " he said. "If the story is expected, it will be dull, ipso facto [by its very nature]. "

Beginning of the dull, I had bought a dozen magazines do condiments, and with this "Dream of Red Mansions, " with the swallow.

To dull or deaden as if with a narcotic drug .

It is often lamented life is too dull.

That movie is really boring. The plot is dull and I don't like the characters. I was really bored while watching it.

All ten in each list, with the exception of Sydney and Calgary, might be considered rather homely, even dull.

Oxidation of the skin causes it to appear dull. Vitamin E improves the appearance of the skin by adding color and luster to the skin.

'Only a shepherd, 'repeated Gabriel in a dull voice, thinking of the disaster that had destroyed his hopes of being a farmer.

Leos always like to think big, and do not enjoy things which are too detailed, or too dull.

Cleever: Bridget, if you're gonna be dull, I'm going to plunge back into Mrs. Dalloway, and you know how she loves that. Dirty, dirty bitch.

In the past, Charles has been portrayed by various commentators as a dull, slightly loopy eccentric with a habit of talking to his plants.

Of course, there was full expectation that the media would blame Chelsea for the match being dull.

she seemed to be swimming in a menstrual sea, an enlarged fetus with the dull, syrupy look of an angel.

It is characterized by stain marks and dull color on the surface or by a rough gritty appearance.

With a burning face he could only repeat, word for word, in a low, dull voice the lecture that Adams had spoken so eloquently.

If life were all one dead level the dull sameness it would oppress us; we want the hills and the valleys.

The goal of life is not a problemless existence, which would be unbearably dull, but a way to handle problems creatively.

I decided a few days ago that I would embark on some dull yet obsessive homekeeping.

Stress gets a bad press. Working life would be very dull without it.

The bridge was painted a dull green color. Under any other circumstances I probably would have found it ugly.

None was quite so simple-minded as "What I Did on My Summer Vacation, " but most seemed to be almost as dull.

I began to dull pain of the wound, but I endured.

Spotting birds in thick forest is a tantalising business and, for a reporter with dull senses, it tips towards the frustrating.

Stone is cruelly rubbed by a dull knife but it kindly turns the dull knife into a sharp weapon.

Members of a second group were placed in a dull, unstimulating environment for a further week.

These pills can only dull your pain. They do not cure your headache.

Some dreams feel like a dull ache that surfaces from time to time. That ache serves as a reminder that there's still time to pursue them.

I got out of it with more dexterity than when I was entangled with the dull measures of other people.

Dull gray light, the familiar light of an overcast morning, took the place of the blinding sun in my dream.

Even till now, the main car type of the Toyota Camry(the Kai beautiful Rui), return to be think to be too dull, not enough "cool" .

One of the more mysterious symptoms of COPD is waking up after a night's sleep with a dull, throbbing headache.

You can call me boring and dull but I cannot imagine my life without to-dos.

he was just a good, dull, honest, plain man.

Now don't be angry at my asking all these questions; because I am a mere dull man of business, and you are a woman of business. '

The penguin feels dull , begins to be plucking out hairs self right away, have been pulling out drawing finally hair being pulled out up.

In a long distance relationship, interaction over the phone can become dull in the long run.

April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.

Our holiday was fine until Jim went down with a bad cold after that it all got rather dull.

If you find life a bit dull at home , and want to amuse yourself , put a stick of dynamite in the kitchen fire .

From behind him, there was a blur of something being swung, and a dull thud.

When everything is about work we are far less likely to do a good job. And of course, all work and no play, makes Jill a dull girl.

Her first feeling was one of dull anger.

Sundays no longer seem dull with all the stores closed, and begin to feel restful instead.

Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.