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as well as making a number of Europeans quite rich. The new wealth increased the money supply and provided a class of investors. The Crusaders returning from the East also introduced Europeans to more modern business techniques such as bookkeeping.
(ca. 1095-1204)
"He whetted his appetite!"
The unduly media attention to the case whetted the curiosity of common man
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The Industrial Revolution had led to widespread poverty in urban areas. The revolutions of the late eighteenth century had whetted people's appetite for representative government.
In Sea Fever, poet John Masefield wrote "I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, to the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife." Great old poems like that whet everyone's appetite for more
Comes from: Whetstone used to sharpen Blades such as knifes
Weena is what amounts to the (Love Interest) in the novel The Time Machine. She is an Eloi Girl. ( the intellectual ruling class). In one of the movies she was played by svelte actress Yvette Mimieux. He meets her in the future world, she is sympathetic towards him. go and read the book, I hope I have whetted your appetite.
AKA Shaman - 2011 Wetted Wings and a Whetted Wrist 1-7 was released on: USA: 1 June 2011
The beach in the winter
To whet means to rub on the surface of a flat stone to create a sharp edge
The word whet is a verb that means to make sharp. The wonderful aromas coming from the kitchen served to whet David's appetite.
The correct phrase is "whet your thirst." This means to sharpen or stimulate your desire for something, usually referring to quenching one's thirst for knowledge or excitement. "Wet your thirst" is not a commonly used phrase.