unpicking

She delights in unpicking and unpacking language, although she passes over educational jargon such as "Sats" and "pupil referral unit" with contempt.

My Name is Mina by David Almond Geraldine Brennan 2010

The complex waveforms of the signal delivered no meaning, and even the painstaking work which had been done in unpicking the signal – stripping out individual sounds – gave no indication of how they had been produced, or why.

365 tomorrows » 2009 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

In unpicking how the "representations and images" were constructed, Ms. Eddé bypasses issues of motive, sincerity or even accuracy on the premise that they are essentially unknowable.

The Crusaders' Favorite Muslim Christopher Tyerman 2011

I think your unpicking of how this is going on a lot of the time brings out that aspect of our stories and stories in general in a thought stirring way.

Shaped By Stories « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

You should have seen it before I started unpicking.

Archive 2009-05-01 Jean 2009

Fascinating listening that makes a good stab at unpicking the tech and the law of DRM.

Boing Boing 2009

You should have seen it before I started unpicking.

Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

For ten years she waited faithfully for Odysseus to return from his wanderings, each day working on her tapestry, each night unpicking it so that there should be no leverage on her to marry one of the many suitors piling up at court.

The Prisoner’s Return « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

Those are due to my unpicking – the disaster itself happened at a point in the edging, and I picked back to the trough, and decided I had better stop before things got worse.

Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

Lloyds, though, was heartened this weekend by the Treasury select committee's warning against unpicking the deal.

Banks limber up for battle with the commission 2011