Near the end of the book, out on the water with the sailing partner he nearly drowned, their accident now dismissed, Jason shares with him a momentary sea current of connection: "Race relaxed his body against mine, and though we shouted rallies of orders and agreements in urgent, curt voices, from time to time we'd catch each other's eyes and smile, as if to say, 'Can you believe how lucky we are?
I followed him and Tata to a table under an enormous umbrella; they spoke Russian together, and Anton's voice was deep and curt, used to giving orders.
Instead, soak up Scarlett Johansson in a white T-shirt and black bra, making quizzical faces while despatching bad guys with the power of her mind and a few curt words in that trademark husky voice.
Here are things that may happen in a meltdown: Attempts to leave (This is good! Leaving will help them calm down).. Strained tone of voice (They may sound curt without meaning to; they are simply in a lot of pain).
Macintyre also notes that in his study of Fleming's work, Kingsley Amis outlined the way Fleming had described M's voice, being: angry (three times); brutal, cold (seven times); curt, dry (five times); gruff (seven times); stern, testy (five times).
She could talk to anyone, and replicate any kind of voice (while somehow maintaining that tone, her "S"), like those of the curt but philosophical concierge and street sweeper, who both feature in "Madame Dodin" but made their first appearances in the posthumously published early notebooks that comprise "Wartime Writings".
But for a disembodied voice in a car, it is a challenge not to sound bossy, curt or impatient, like the utility company ladies who make you dance down the buttons of touch-tone telephones and leave you lost and upset.
His voice remains as ever it was – bluff and tender, cross and pensive, wordy or curt as the song requires.
Sants' response was curt.
