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Discover LudwigThe phrase "temper, temper" is correct and can be used in written English in a variety of contexts.
It is often an interjection used to call attention to someone's angry or irritable behavior. For example: - "John lost his temper during the meeting and started shouting at his colleagues. Temper, temper, John." - "Marie's mother warned her, 'If you can't control your temper, temper, I won't take you to the party.'" - "The child threw a tantrum in the store and her mother scolded her, 'Temper, temper, young lady. We do not behave like that in public.'".
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Everyone: Temper, temper.
"Temper, temper," he needled their sister.
Temper, temper... "Why should I answer the question?
Shows to savour include the Famous Lauren Barri Holstein in Splat! at the Barbican, and Wendy Bevan and Temper Temper exploring The Pain of Desire at Toynbee Studios, with lots of discussions and workshops too.
Aside from Noel Gallagher's fleeting guest appearances with The Chemical Brothers and on Goldie's admittedly awful attempt to meld drum 'n' bass and rock, Temper Temper, it resolutely ignored the musical innovations happening elsewhere in 90s Britain in favour of venerating "classic" rock – the Beatles, the Kinks, the Sex Pistols, the spiky art-punk of Wire.
The final couple days of the Pulse festival in Ipswich includes Unfolding Theatre's wonderful Best in the World and Temper Temper's Pain of Desire, Ursula Martinez's My Stories, Your Emails, and work in progress from Gecko and Analogue.
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The fatuousness and mindless pride of everyone exacerbates Ivan's real or imagined ills into what could be a slapstick mess, but Mr. Dishy is a fine foil for Mr. Wilder, keeping his temper tempered well below the Moe, Larry and Curly standard.
An experimental programme has been carried out, where two similar sheets in aluminium alloy 6060 in three different tempers (temper W, temper T4, and temper T6) have been joined by using a self-piercing rivet in three different alloys, i.e. 6082-T6, 7108-T5, and 7278-T6.
Dick Cheney never wanted to temper anything, including his temper.
I asked Constanza Romero what she had found most surprising about Wilson after she married him, and she said, "His temper — his temper scared me".
"I'm so mad I could shoot Miss Crabtree!" may be harmless as a momentary temper outburst – but temper outbursts don't belong in the newspaper.
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