Then, after another pause, he said: Well, if you must know, it's my Thunder-box. […] He opened it, showing a mechanism of heavy cast-iron brass and patterned earthenware of solid Edwardian workmanship. On the inside of the lid was a plaque bearing the embossed title Connolly's Chemical Closet.

Britain is living out the nightmare we Canadians dodged. We spent decades debating our country’s future, but somehow avoided Quexit.

to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away

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