They know when to clap; they know when to cheer".
They know when to cheer a great play.
Now parks are entertainment palaces, telling us when to cheer and selling us overpriced food and merchandise.
At one point, a Fox News producer was filmed telling part of the crowd at a "tea party" protest in Washington when to cheer for the cameras.
There is a clarity to this story—her audience knows when to cheer and when to boo but, as an account of the country's recent experience, it falls badly short.
Back in the glory years (1968 through '73) if someone had told me and my buddies from Canarsie High School when to cheer or to take a thunderstick, we would have beaten him with the thunderstick.
They know when to cheer him up and when to keep their presence quiet from both his mother and the neighbourhood at large, full as it is of hostile "humanpigkind".
They know all the points systems and they know all your PBs, so they know when to cheer you because you'll be happy with that even though you've not won that event".
It is as if the tournament moves like a vast, choreographed, well-mannered ballet: marshals know precisely when to raise and lower gallery ropes in crosswalks; spectators — they are called patrons here — know where to sit, where to stand, when to move and when to cheer.
Add some hugs to your smiles when seeking to cheer up a sad friend or family member.
