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He leans forward in his chair, thwacking a palm against the back of his other hand for emphasis.
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All you hear is the thwack-thwack of a distant chopper propeller.
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Remember the satisfying thwack of the date stamp (if you were allowed to use it)?
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Even better, try verbalising your feelings out loud as you thwack or scream.
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He thwacks them and out pour the stale bonbons of historic blame to excuse his own shattering failure of leadership, his own rampant megalomania.
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Instead, they roar with delight at every sickening thwack of thinly gloved fist on flesh, booing every time the blows abate.
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Quickly, crop to left hand and thwack, thwack, thwack on the left.
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Give your chair a thwack too, for good measure.
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The sharp thwack of crops against horses' flanks.
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Stand up right now and give yourself a thwack with a ruler.
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