whet appetite

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whet someone's appetite

Fig. to cause someone to be interested in something and to be eager to have, know, learn, etc., more about it. Seeing that film really whetted my sister's appetite for horror films. She now sees as many as possible. My appetite for theater was whetted when I was very young.

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slam poet David Perez has been hanging around New England for a few weeks, giving locals a chance to see his work up close ahead of his reading this week for the Poets' Asylum, and that's a good thing - his recent appearance at the underground Kitchen Series reading was definitely enough to whet appetites, including a hysterical story about being dragged by his grandmother to a quinceanera. Stories to tell by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) In a bid to whet appetites before the crunch qualifier that could have taken us a step nearer to South Africa the players were given a slide show. Burley gave his flops a slide show of our Cape Town HQ .. next time ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) Toptan said the oil-rich Caucasus was home to a huge part of world's energy resources, adding that these resources whet appetite of some circles. (DIP) TURKISH PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MEETS AZERI WOMEN LAWMAKERS by Anadolu (Eskisehir, Turkey)			when was a twinkle in father's eye when you get a minute Where can I wash up? Where have you been all my life? where head is at Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise Where in the world...? where is coming from Where is the restroom? where lives Where on earth? where one is coming from where the action is where the rubber meets the road where the sun don't shine Where there's a will there's a way! Where there's a will, there's a way Where there's muck, there's brass where there's smoke, there's fire Where will I find you? Where you been keeping yourself? Where's the beef? Where's the fire? wherefore wherewithal whet appetite which brings me to the point which way the wind is blowing whiff of while a period of time away while away while the going is good While there's life there's hope whine whine about whine out whip whip around whip away whip back whip into whip into a state whip into doing whip into shape whip off whip off to whip on whip out whip over whip through whip up			whereto whereunto whereupon whereupon wherever Wherever the Need Wherever You Will Go wherewith wherewithal wherewithal wherewithal wherewithals wherewithals wherewithals Wherewolf Wherewolf WHERNIN Wherret wherries wherrit wherry Wherry, Kenneth wherryite wherryman Wherrymen Wherso WHES whet whet whet whet appetite whet one’s interest Whet slate whether Whether Customs Cleared or Not Whether in Berth or Not Whether in Customs Clearance or Not Whether in Free Pratique or Not Whether in Port or Not whether or no Whether that Whether You Like It or Not Whethering Whetile whets whets whetstone whetstone Whetstone (tool) Whetstone Gulf State Park Whetstone Instructions Per Second Whetstone Park Whetstone Savannah whetstone slate Whetstone, George Whetstone, George Whetstones Whetstones whetted

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