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  • With my mind settled, I can now crack-on and make firm plans to reacquaint myself with the delights of the Pasteis de Belém, having spent a wonderful afternoon eating Pasteis de Nata and drinking endless bicas waiting for the engine on our van to cool down.

    pasteis de nata 2007

  • Third, Sir Walter Scott got it crack-on when he called the deerhound ‘the most perfect creature of heaven.’

    The Owl and Moon Cafe Jo-Ann Mapson 2006

  • Third, Sir Walter Scott got it crack-on when he called the deerhound ‘the most perfect creature of heaven.’

    The Owl and Moon Cafe Jo-Ann Mapson 2006

  • Some hours later, we've had a "full and frank" discussion and it is crystal clear that not only is DfID's "plan" is something akin to me scribbling on a packet of Benson's, it is made clear that the UK Government is going to take something along the lines of "let the IO's and NGO's crack-on and the Iraqis will rebuild their own country" as the approach.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

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