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  • its use has spread to all age groups. Fresas are typically seen to be stand-offish and use a mixture of Spanish, and English or "Spanglish." They have a...
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    John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley. She was the socialite and he was stand-offish but entranced by Ava. He was at the centre of government during the second...
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  • and Max agree to play a romance themed board game to get to know the stand-offish Al and the lively, but abrasive, Greta. Kath tells them how she met Max...
    11 KB (1,200 words) - 05:06, 7 October 2024
  • as nails and carried himself as stiffly as a poker. He was blunt and stand-offish, almost to the point of rudeness. At the start, he was intolerant and...
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  • one-quarter Caucasian, has blonde hair and blue eyes, and is initially shy and stand-offish, but warms up to Keiki's persistent attempts to get to know her. She's...
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    giving myself away like this --But oh my dear, I can't be clever and stand-offish with you: I love you too much for that." (January 21, 1926) Although...
    24 KB (2,837 words) - 14:30, 22 October 2024
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    Philip Street later described the Gold family as unusually quiet and stand-offish, but Harry Gold said he had a happy and secure childhood. He greatly...
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  • Agent Brody and the death of Agent Russo. Though Isler initially appears stand-offish with Pride, the two cooperate on numerous occasions in order to halt...
    67 KB (7,685 words) - 00:31, 26 August 2024
  • Rooster and Jack help Melvin, Barb tries to befriend Gloria, but Gloria is stand-offish to her. Back at Melvin's house (before robbing the high school) Melvin...
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  • they may soon reappear. Spensa befriends all her flightmates except the stand-offish Brade, and she and the group frequently run training exercises on a fake...
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    , mountain dogs) are generally heavy shedders, and those with thick stand-offish coats (e.g., spitzes) are generally very heavy shedders. "Non-shedding"...
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  • discomfort people may feel if the interpersonal distance is too large ("stand-offish") or too small (intrusive). People make exceptions to and modify their...
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    result in others forming poor impressions of them and considering them stand-offish, egoist or snobbish. People who are not shy may be up-front, aggressive...
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    I made a personal choice to have a harder edge as captain, be more stand-offish towards them [the English] ... It was a hard thing to do and they all...
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    hit romantic comedy drama Oh My Ghost, portraying a chef who appears stand-offish but is kind and sweet. He then starred in daily drama All is Well [ko]...
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    Rosmarin voices Man/Woman, picked for what Maiellaro stated is a "pouty, stand-offish quality" in her delivery. Nick Ingkatanuwat voices The Eye and Adam Reed...
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  • Negro leaguers belated entry to Cooperstown in the 1970s and 1980s." A stand-offish personality likely also detracted from his popularity. Bob Sampson, who...
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  • a couple of times but it is clear to Eileen that Paul is being quite stand-offish with her and she is suspicious. She is devastated when her lodger Marcus...
    116 KB (14,250 words) - 02:14, 3 November 2024
  • used much like US college up himself/herself (informal) someone who is stand-offish, stuck-up, snobby. "He's a bit up himself." Euphemistic variation of...
    133 KB (15,611 words) - 12:13, 29 October 2024
  • up all these traits ... that I didn’t expect." The character is "very stand offish and aloof and it's hard to read her", Debnam-Carey said. Making sure...
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