"skins" is a correct and usable word in written English
It can refer to any kind of protective covering, such as animal hides or clothing. For example, "The hunter wore a thick coat of animal skins to protect himself from the cold."
When the beetroot are cooked, drain, then slip off their skins – wear washing-up gloves so you don't stain your fingers pink; this will also protect them from the hot beets (if need be, leave the beets to cool a little first).
Exploration of half-shades isn't part of Tarantino's mission statement – though the opening scene of Inglourious Basterds (with Waltz as a villainous "Jew hunter") at least invited audiences to consider the possibility that they would give up Jewish fugitives to save their own skins.
Warner seems to excel at everything he does, whether it is scoring a century, as he did in last Friday's Tri-Series opener against England in Sydney, or getting under opponents' skins.
Thora Birch and her mother arrive together as a kind of package, though I am not supposed to write about the mother, Carol, a middle-aged woman with long hair and a face free of the maquillage that usually camouflages the skins of the Beverly Hills animal kingdom.
Add the carrot peel, onion skins, parsley stalks and peppercorns.
When they are cool enough to handle, remove the skins from the broad beans to reveal their bright green hearts.
That leaves Hynes and Colman, both national treasures and both playing out of their skins in their nominated shows.
In a speech in 1930, Baldwin denounced "falsehood, misrepresentation and half-truths" in the two papers, accusing their owners of seeking "power without responsibility – the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages", remarks which, according to one account, caused reporters "to jump out of their skins to a man".
Peel the chestnuts if they still have their outer skins on.
The fatal collapse of a crane in November at São Paulo's new stadium, which is due to host the opening match, has left no room for further delays.Poll positionDespite these banana skins, Ms Rousseff will be hard to beat.
According to a report published on January 16th by the Carter Centre, an American charity, only 148 people now harbour Guinea worm, which causes it.Guinea worms are nematodes that grow under the skins of their human hosts, to a length (if female) of half a metre or more, before emerging over the course of several days in a filament from which pieces break off and shed larvae.
