Name: Tracy Chevalier: Finding...
Uploaded: 2025-11-11T10:40:32.397Z
Description: I first wore it at an elaborate dinner her parents held in our honor. I knew even before I stood up to speak that my cheeks were inflamed. I have always flushed easily, from physical exertion, from wine, from high emotion. As a boy, I was teased by my sisters and by schoolboys,

John Montgomery Ward

Baseball cannot be learned as a trade. It begins with the sport of the schoolboy, and though it may end in the professional, I am sure there is not a single one of these who learned the game with the expectation of making it a business. There have been years in the life of each during which he must have ate and drank and dreamed baseball.

American Athlete

Steve Backshall

I think most schoolboys are most excited by scorpions, spiders and snakes, and I never really grew up. I've always had the same fascinations. I think that we as human beings are the most fascinated by those creatures that we consider dangerous.

James Newton Howard

I hate bad reviews, so yeah, every now and then I think, 'Boy I hope everybody really likes this and thinks this theme is good.' You can't help but do that. I think we all are, or at least I am, reduced to a schoolboy seeking approval.

American Composer

Prunella Scales

It's strange how 'Fawlty' has become a perennial. I keep meeting new generations of schoolboys who know the lines better than I did when I said them. The program has sensational sales in video. I'm mercifully on a small percentage.

English Actress

Seamus Heaney

Since I was a schoolboy, I've been used to being recognized on the road by old and young, and being bantered with and, indeed, being taunted.

Irish Poet

Ernest Renan

The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.

French Philosopher

Gore Vidal

As a schoolboy, I read most of Carl Sandburg's six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln.

American Novelist

James Haskell

As a schoolboy I can recall playing three games a week and not even feeling it.

English Athlete

Hussein of Jordan

At seventeen, I knew the end of a dream... I would never be a schoolboy again.

Jordanian Royalty

Gwilym Lee

I was an annoying schoolboy, always getting into scraps.

Welsh Actor

The word 'schoolboy' refers to boys of a certain age, typically under 18.

Age Specific

'Schoolboy' implies that the boy is currently attending school.

Currently Enrolled

Avoid using 'schoolboy' when referring to adult learners or education environments.

Not for Adults

The adjective 'schoolboy' often describes mistakes made from lack of experience.

Non-literal Usage

Using 'schoolboy' as an adjective is informal and can be seen as belittling or humorous.

Informal Tone

Avoid using 'schoolboy' in formal contexts, as it can sound disrespectful or too casual.

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 I first wore it at an elaborate dinner her parents held in our honor. I knew even before I stood up to speak that my cheeks were inflamed. I have always flushed easily, from physical exertion, from wine, from high emotion. As a boy, I was teased by my sisters and by schoolboys,

Tracy Chevalier: Finding...

 Golding transforms his angelic British schoolboys into savage caricatures. And as the boys fight their own battle on the island, the far more destructive war that brought them there continues off the page.

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