They're grown, basically.
Our basic diet was swedes and mangel-wurzels — giant turnips and huge, coarse beetroots grown basically for cattle.
What's clear, though, is that the relationship between humans and this strange and hardy plant (it can grow basically anywhere) goes beyond curiosity and into the realm of symbiosis.
You know, when she is finished growing... basically, when her tits come in.
"There's a very strong sense of pride when a child starts growing and basically turning into little versions of you.
She grew up basically starving, during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
"It took us 25 years to grow up, basically," explained frontman Limahl, real name Christopher Hamil.
As a result, he said, he and others like him grew up "basically American," but "trying to learn about their heritage".
"I grew up basically covered with psoriasis," he said, "and I skipped grades, so I do tend to gravitate to the kid in the corner, who, incidentally, is most likely to grow up to be one of our directors".
Mr. Goldsmith said, "Suddenly the plane went into this violent, violent dive -- like shuddering -- and went very, very steeply downwards and everyone was woken up by this screaming -- grown men basically screaming -- it was quite a violent situation".
We have to grow up, basically.
