new york-set novels
When the Book-of-the-Month Club asked about changing this novel's title, its author said, "Holden Caulfield wouldn't like that"
catcher in the rye
eat my shorts
bart simpson
After one of your checkers reaches your opponent's first row, do this to your piece to show it's now a king
top it on the other piece
In a recent poll, 94% of British people admitted to having a conversation about this everyday occurrence in the previous six hours.
the weather
It was inspired by a 1621 harvest feast
Thanksgiving
In 1925, this great man yearns for a green light across the water
Jay Gatsby
yabba dabba do
the flinstones
Steph Curry is one of many athletes who tap their chests & then do this to thank God after a successful play
look up (point to the sky)
Research shows that most individuals spend 60% of their conversation time talking about this subject. You know it well...
themselves
"Beowulf" features several of these feudal warriors who serve their liege
thanes
9-year-old Oskar Schell searches for clues about his father who died on 9/11 in the novel "Extremely Loud &" this
incredibly close
bazinga
the big bang theory
In dancing the Lindy Hop, the kaye is this type of move to be done carefully & without surprising your partner
a dip
Approximately 50 million people worldwide suffer from this, an involuntary repetition of sounds that impedes speech.
stuttering
It's handy to put facilities for this gasoline additive right in fields of the Midwestern corn it's made from
ethanol
It begins, "Amerigo Bonasera sat in New York criminal court ...and waited for justice; vengeance on the men who... hurt his daughter"
the godfather
danger will robinson
robot from lost in space
In knitting, it means to pull a loop of yarn through the front to the back of the fabric
purl
If you're increasing these units that measure the intensity of sound, you're getting louder
decibels
In Greek mythology this 8-letter figure is the personification of death
thanatos
In this classic, Francie Nolan lives with her family in the poorer part of the Williamsburg neighborhood
a tree grows in Brooklyn
Book em, Danno
Hawaii Five-O
Medically speaking, remove 2 letters from a word meaning "to beat rapidly" & you get this word meaning "to examine by touching"
palpate
Thespians know that to speak louder, you need to project, & a good method is engaging this dome-shaped muscle in the torso
the diaphragm
Euphuism, an artificially elegant prose style, came into fashion in this royal period of English literature
Elizabethan