Meter
Shake
Shake noun - A very small space of time.
Both words in one sentence
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The original F-Zero has your machine blink red, shake, and emit smoke when its life meter gets low.
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Festooned with Comic Book pop-art, Speech Bubbles, and more surfer slang and puns than you can shake a thermometer at, this game challenges players to prove their cool by raising the Dude-O-Meter.
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However, to keep you from blocking attacks that the game wants you to get hit by they'll often move the attack meter from where you're used to looking, make it shake violently or give distracting lights in the background to make it more difficult to tell when you're supposed to guard.
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