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Meanings of nervous tic in inglês

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Usage of nervous tic in inglês
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His expression never changed-buthis left eye twitched in a nervous tic.
Turn coat
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Ebenezar frowned, and one of his cheeks twitched in a nervous tic.
Summer knight
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These people are one nervous tic away from the loony bin.
A fugitive truth: an emma fielding mystery
4
Why do you have that nervous tic in your one eye?
The viking takes a knight
5
Max is so worried about protecting the boy that he develops a nervous tic.
The South African
6
He said the feeling of his hand moving involuntarily was like that of a nervous tic.
Reuters
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But even from across the room I could see a nervous tic jumping in his face.
The Lunatic Cafe
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Jon's face looked pale, and there was a slight nervous tic at the corner of his mouth.
The Unnecessary Man
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It means when you're bluffing, you get this little nervous tic by the corner of your eye.
Ryan's place
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He leaned to the right, his left foot and leg jiggling slightly, like he had a nervous tic.
The Scorch Trials
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It's a lullaby for the techno generation, a soothing tune to calm the nervous tic of the soul.
The Irish Times
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He seemed to have developed a nervous tic, which became more pronounced when he coughed into his fist.
Zero Point
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His nervous tic was palpitating away.
The Naked God
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She shrugged again- agesturewhich I was beginning to see had become a sort of nervous tic for her.
The Demon Lover
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His expressive face contorted in a nervous tic each time his eyes swept by the clock hanging behind the bar.
Faithfully Yours
16
So, how's a Web site that dribbles a pulp pastiche over hundreds of pages going to even rate a nervous tic?
Wired
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