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quaver

Music a note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve
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"I shouldn't mind learning why--why the sun do shine on the just and the unjust alike," she answered, with a slight quaver in her voice.
Ever the seasoned professional, nothing could stop Alan from continuing to present the show - or performing a closing number with his mixed vocal harmony group The Quavers.
Other favourites, including Monster Munch, Quavers and Hula Hoops were much further down the list and some big names were excluded completely.
HUNDREDS of packets of Quavers crisps spilled onto the motorway when a lorry shed its load.
The crisps on offer include Monster Munch, Wotsits, Frazzles, Chipsticks, Discos, French Fries and Onion Rings alongside Hula Hoops, Quavers, Skips and Wheat Crunchies.
Wily punctum : called virga and often doubled thus the bivirga , two quavers united by a slur .
For me, that's chocolate and crisps - but I choose lower-calorie versions, like Quavers instead of McCoys and Freddos instead of Mars Bars.
All that was left was a packet of Quavers. I pretended to be disappointed, but secretly I was pleased.
Mum has to slip into some of the most unforgiving clothing of all time and hurtle like a rocket into the deep end thinking " hey, I know it's not allowed but do you really think I want to be seen in the equivalent of my underwear?" My husband can't swim so he gets out of it quite easily - and the only time he complained about coming with us was when the cafe ran out of Quavers - poor boy.
Thus, what the graph really represents is the number of quavers equivalent to the total duration of a particular note through a composition.
BOSSES at food giant Walkers were so impressed with a crisp packet dress made by students at Henley College they asked them to make a bag out of Quavers packets and invited them to visit.
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