" The miserable Toad, crouching in the coal-dust, tried hard to think of something to do, with dismal want of success.
" Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.
Domenico, foreseeing this, had sent his aunt's fly, driven by her son his cousin; and his aunt and her fly lived in Castagneto, the village crouching at the feet of San Salvatore, and therefore, however late the train was, the fly would not dare come home without containing that which it had been sent to fetch.
Sometimes, the subsidiary falls freeze into icicles, creating images of crouching beast on top of the cliffs.
Instead, director Niki Caro (Whale Rider) and the cast – which includes Jet Li, Donnie Yen and Jason Scott Lee – have staged massive battle scenes and gravity-defying martial-arts bouts reminiscent of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
" then life and joy sprang reassured from every crouching hollow; every flower,and bud and bird had a fluttering sense of them; and all the flashing of God's gaze mergedinto soft beneficence.
" then life and joy sprang reassured from every crouching hollow; every flower, and bud and bird had a fluttering sense of them; and all the flashing of God's gaze merged into soft beneficence.
The crimson note features two lovely pandas, one sitting and one crouching, as well as wishes for longevity and happiness in Chinese.
You recall afternoons talking on the phone while crouching in the bedroom closet, and being convinced your child would be the first Ivy League1 college student to graduate wearing pullovers2 at the ceremony.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 《》（2000） Somewhere in the unusual hinterland between Oscar-courting prestige art film and delirious blade-swishing extravaganza, Ang Lee managed to, an absolutely whopping global hit which ushered Western viewers very consciously into the scenic glories of its Qing dynasty.
The main clay work includes tigers,five poisonous creatures (scorpion, viper, centipede, house lizard and toad), crouching cow, zodiac animals (the twelve symbolic animals used to denote the year of one's birth),toys,legendary figures like the eight immortals,and characters in the Three Kingdoms and Pilgrimage to the West.
American sprinters began their heats by crouching, while those next to them stood erect.
" then life and joy sprang reassured from every crouching hollow; every flower, and bud and bird had a fluttering sense of them; and all the flashing of God's gaze merged into soft beneficence.
If you have nowhere to shelter, make yourself as small a target as possible by crouching down with your feet together, hands on knees and head tucked in 3.
Some of the dancers are seen crouching down to fit into their bears' empty shells, while other opt to maximize their movement by cutting holes in the feet to stretch their longer limbs through.
It was bankrolled by Bill Kong, of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon fame, and directed by first-timer Raman Hui, who hasHollywoodexperience.
Prominent examples from recent years include Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" (2000), Zhang Yimou's "Hero" (2002), and Wong Kar-Wai's "The Grandmaster" (2013).
I remember Hassan and I crouching that next morning outside my father's study, as Baba and Rahim Khan sipped black tea and listened to breaking news of the coup on Radio Kabul.
I remember the precise moment, crouching behind a crumbling mud wall, peeking into the alley near the frozen creek.
And now I began to feel that I was neglecting my business, that since I had been so foolhardy as to come ashore with these desperadoes, the least I could do was to overhear them at their councils, and that my plain and obvious duty was to draw as close as I could manage, under the favourable ambush of the crouching trees.
