an expletory word

‘I looked up to him, you know. I put him on a pedal stool.’

The second was based on trees including Gavialis as the closest relative of Tomistoma, and two dates—the basal split within Crocodylia and the crocodylid–gavialid split—were estimated.

In the mornings a strange dyky-looking fortyish woman lies on the beach but does not appear to belong to the hotel.