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Civil but Adamant
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a ministering angel
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tchah!
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to go phut
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the thing cut both ways
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to buttonhole somebody
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You think so, do you?
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It seemed a good idea in that time
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Constructive criticism, yes. Vulgar abuse, no.
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And what had suddenly occured to me, as these ideas do, was that there was no reason now why I should not avail myself of s-dies services.
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It was a good legal point, of course
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to be seeking to commit mayhem on my person
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my efforts to solve your problem were rewarded with success
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to be like a cat on hot bricks
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to be in a swivet
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I may an ass but I'm not a silly ass
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to be all in the funds
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to keep up credit to the far end
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to pay down on the nail
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off-hand
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good shooter but bad hitter
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to see how the time is getting along
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to talk turkey
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up-an-down spirit
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to outsmart
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to s-dy in touch with the recent developments
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Oh, be yourself!
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to wave the question aside
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to the tick
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egad!
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tut!
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things look sticky
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this is no idle social call
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a stark slice of life
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to let bygones be bygones
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that is how mistake arose
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Are you trying to be funny?
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the current pest
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this opens up a new line of thought
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the matters are getting beyond my grip
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just lay to that
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And there, my young friend, you have touched upon a sore object
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You are marvel!
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gentleman of leisure
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I advice you to recognize the soundness of my advice
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I want a word with you on a subject of …
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Does that convey any significance to your young mind?
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-What was it all about?
-Oh, he made an ass of himself
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this affair is beginning to assume an uncanny aspect
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an accident is about to happen now
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What's the use?
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Soon it began to occur to me that it would be advisable to …
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Why did they let you out?
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You hasn't a lag to stand on
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to turn a deaf ear
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to have something up the sleeve
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don't trouble to try to look interested
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a total loss of everything that makes life endurable
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to turn over a new leaf
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to be asking for troubles
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I know what money is only by hearsay
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Dream come true
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The task appears to be well within the scope of my powers and I shall endeavor to fulfil it faithfully
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That's life, Doc, that's living
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My hero, did you kill him
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try to sell this thought to s-dy else
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He is more to be pitied than censured
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What am I indebted for this?
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Dear, …, I am faced by a disaster so hideous that the mind reels contemplating it
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Don't say such things even in fun
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there you have me
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may be down but never out
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to fade out of the picture
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generous to a fault
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noblesse oblige
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way of thinking
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sleight-in-the-mind
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that's a cinch
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subconscious dramatic sense
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newer at a loss
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It will tell story
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When all's sad and done
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take-it-or-leave-it
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lucid mind
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clear-thinking
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What a predicament!
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to put two and two together
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with ref. to
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horny-handed toiler
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on excellent terms
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slowness in the uptake
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brooding on life
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outlived its utility
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- How's business?
- Rotten |
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All's well that ends well
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poor outcast
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sound in wind and limb
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save a lot of anxiety
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to reason with somebody
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offensively rich
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