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time-killing - definition and meaning
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Whenever one of us asked an insightful read: time-killing question, or wanted to know why we were learning a certain subject or how we would be using the skills procured in her classroom, her answer was always the same.
Seth Engel: Graduation, or Biking on Thin Air Seth Engel 2011
Whenever one of us asked an insightful read: time-killing question, or wanted to know why we were learning a certain subject or how we would be using the skills procured in her classroom, her answer was always the same.
Seth Engel: Graduation, or Biking on Thin Air Seth Engel 2011
Sometimes, I almost fear that the rest of my activities are just a sort of time-killing between searching for delicious meals!
Tom Rachman - An interview with author 2010
Whenever one of us asked an insightful read: time-killing question, or wanted to know why we were learning a certain subject or how we would be using the skills procured in her classroom, her answer was always the same.
Seth Engel: Graduation, or Biking on Thin Air Seth Engel 2011
Whenever one of us asked an insightful read: time-killing question, or wanted to know why we were learning a certain subject or how we would be using the skills procured in her classroom, her answer was always the same.
Seth Engel: Graduation, or Biking on Thin Air Seth Engel 2011
Sometimes, I almost fear that the rest of my activities are just a sort of time-killing between searching for delicious meals!
Tom Rachman - An interview with author 2010
I have a few posts to make ... then a lunch not-a-date, and time-killing before Diesel.
Tew's Day! volta 2009
I've got an old-ish MacBook that I was considering selling, but this could be the time-killing summer project I've been in need of!
WallMac Is A PowerBook Turned Wall-Mounted Computer | Lifehacker Australia 2009
Whenever one of us asked an insightful read: time-killing question, or wanted to know why we were learning a certain subject or how we would be using the skills procured in her classroom, her answer was always the same.
Seth Engel: Graduation, or Biking on Thin Air Seth Engel 2011
Whenever one of us asked an insightful read: time-killing question, or wanted to know why we were learning a certain subject or how we would be using the skills procured in her classroom, her answer was always the same.
Seth Engel: Graduation, or Biking on Thin Air Seth Engel 2011
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