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be spirited
adjective
Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
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The difference is that Basil Rathbone's Holmes was an ageless being, to be spirited through time without a wrinkle, whereas McKellen — dapper in his top hat, circa 1917, then riven and slowed by the ensuing years — is nothing if not mortal.
Perhaps more accurate would be "spirited".
"We want to be spirited and positive.
How can they be spirited out of the country, or, as the jargon puts it, exfiltrated?
(O.K., not the Dowland, but the Spanish works tend to be spirited).
The hostages in Lebanon could easily be spirited away to Syria, or even Iran.
Not that tiny cameras couldn't be spirited into intimate settings before.
Ours were from the latter and have proven to be spirited and inquisitive from the off.
"They shouldn't be spirited away where you have special access," he said.
It is a loophole that allows royalties to be spirited away into a zero-tax haven.
Perhaps Mr Chen will be spirited away to America, or find a way to live normally in China.
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