"The young athlete appears to have great potential. Although he was defeated in the end, he got in quite a few good licks during the match. Maybe one day he will emerge as one of the best."
"I've had this horrible head cold for weeks and I've taken all kinds of medicine to try to lick it. Then I stayed in bed for a couple of days and that finally licked it for good."
"Last week I went on a hunting trip in the north woods with two friends. Joe left our camp to get some more wood for the fire. Ten minutes later we heard all this yelling, and here came Joe, running lickety split with a big, angry bear about three feet behind him!"
"Jack applied to several universities after he graduated from high school, but his number one choice is Harvard. Last week when he was in the swimming pool, his brother went to tell him that a letter from Harvard had arrived. He ran home lickety split. "