I said: 'I have to defuse bombs with my bare hands.
"I think, if I don't defuse this bomb, civilians will die," he said.
"You must not show prejudice, you will get in big trouble!" This set off a sharp volley of escalating retorts and counter-retorts, which I tried to defuse with a line I'd heard countless times in China: "You see things are complicated because of our history," I interjected.
I become completely absorbed in mental machinations as I attempt to defuse the ticking time-bomb of problems I perceive in my life.
"When I went to take a corner, I heard the monkey chant - and I tried to defuse the situation by dancing the monkey dance," Diop told reporters.
"I decided to leave the venue and return to my hotel, a move which I hoped would defuse the situation.
"I wanted to defuse that moment of suspicion so that people are given the chance to enter the work visually before worrying about whether it is art or whether they are supposed to like it".
So I have to defuse it with, 'You started your period.
I try to defuse the moment by saying you probably won't use it, but he needs to have it with him just in case.
