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lock Vox populi A device that prevents a particular action or activity. See Bloxham air lock, Heparin lock, Job lock, Vapor lock. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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What Amelie finds in her failure to comprehend Japan is a deeper knowledge of the individuals she locks horns with, and of the strengths and limitations her own self-image had hidden from her. Meanwhile, in New York City, seventh-grader Emilio Paone says that he frequently locks horns with his mother over the state of his bedroom. But Dressler, the SS commander with whom Klaus locks horns, made my stomach lurch every time he appeared on the scene: "Dressler's extended arm lowered as it pointed an invitation through the large door, like some black vulture arrogantly inviting his prey to dinner. |
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