Bradly could see the livid mark of scars on the close-cropped sandy skull. They were recent, and still showed contused edges[.]

[…] many drivers who fired those engines in their hey-day have all confirmed to me thet they were free-steaming machines, which when pressed could deliver the goods.

Let us take your cat: now suppose we shave her tail, so that it cannot shall I say perscopate or bristle; suppose we attach a board to her back, so that it cannot arch; suppose we then exhibit a displeasing sight – a sportive dog, for instance.

Contrarotating propellers are two propellers rotating in opposite directions about the same shaft axis and usually driven by the same engine. Do not confuse them with counterrotating propellers which are propellers rotating in opposite directions, but on different shaft axes.