Then there were the few he would gladly give a kicking (to hit
someone or something with the foot) to - like the three officers from
Professional Standards.
Yet they had a haunted (to
cause repeated suffering or anxiety) look - as with a Cold Case Unit, so too
with their particular jobs: packed off (to send someone to
another place) elsewhere come reorganization.
But then a
face from the past was squeezing through (to get in, though, etc. with
difficulty) the throng (a crowd or large group of people) and heading in
Rebus's direction. He
stuck out a hand, which Rebus took.
I thought
you were going to tell me you had some sort of wasting disease (the
gradual deterioration of an individual, usually with loss of strength and
muscle mass).
He was a DS
(Detective Sergeant) when I was DC (Detective Chief Inspector).
'Good luck
with that, ' Paterson said. 'When he was wet behind the ears (to be young and without
experience) I couldn't get him to take a telling (showing the truth
about situation or showing what someone really thinks), no matter how hard I
kicked his backside.
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