What's Left Unsaid
The young man abbreviated the story, partly for simplicity, but also to avoid the more questionable topics such as casey, burb dogs, and what he and tanner had come to call 'the engine trouble dinner'--their first night together.
Stellar Wayfarer: Three
We seem to be having a little engine trouble right now, but my crew informs me it should be taken care of shortly."
Scotch on the Rocky
He'd been here on a connecting flight back to canada, but then engine troubles had grounded his flight until at least tomorrow afternoon. while the airline's offered hotel seemed great, he had a reputation to uphold!
2626 CH 15 (An Orr World Story)
"we were only two days in when the ship had engine trouble, big ones. i heard we were lucky it didn't just blow up." he grabbed theo's hand and pulled the tiger into the kitchen.
High Level
"g'day again.ran into some engine trouble about forty minutes north, and..." "bad trouble?" the dog grinned. "started losing oil pressure, if you can believe it. i suggested we have the mechanics at fort simpson check the engine."
Song of the Space Finch part 3 of 4
"we have... engine troubles." "state the nature of the situation, _fleeting minnow_." the station communications officer had an edge to his voice, "what is the state of your drives?"
Squad Training
He keyed on the transmitter, scanned through a few frequencies, and said, "blue-sigma two to traffic control, we are inbound but experiencing minor engine trouble. will advise." "copy that, blue-sigma two," came the reply. "be careful out there."
The Duel
"her plane went down due to engine trouble." "that's not entirely true." "what?" i said shocked. she took another deep breath and closed her eyes. "her plane did have engine trouble. but it was because of me." "come again?"
Dangerous Days at Sea
"we got a bit of engine trouble. can you give us a tow back to the mainland?" coyotek singled affirmative and steered the yacht around beside the shorter fishing vessel so he could toss them a line. "hey!"
Dark Revelation (Book6, Chapter14)
Our plane had engine trouble and we had to parachute. we touched down here. we're all accounted for, our pilot and three passengers.
an endless voyage ch 30
"count yourself lucky, nugget, your engine trouble likely saved you having to clean your flightsuit."
Roads Untraveled - Part XXI
Some kind of engine trouble? maybe the batteries are being fixed?" "no, there's dedicated emergency lighting because, you know, there's no light or sound out here. eww... space food..."