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I asked her out on a date, but she turned me down.

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I felt like I was going to flip out from the steady dripping of the faucet.

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Drivers are required to abide by local traffic laws.

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The children in the village were skin and bones by the time foreign aid arrived.

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Okay, this is my last chance. I'm going for broke.

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Sal's a real straight shooter. If you ask for his opinion, he'll tell you without trying to sugarcoat it.

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I'm sorry about all the confusion regarding the contract, Bob—it looks like we got our wires crossed somehow.

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I'd like you to sink your teeth into a new project that I'm developing.

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With all these protestors here, we definitely need to beef up security.

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All my money is tied up in property.

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There's no need to run down his work like that!

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He's always getting into trouble for fooling around in class.

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The opening of the new swimming pool has been set back by a few weeks.

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If anything that we haven't thought of crops up, give me a call.

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Good to see you in the pink again, John. You looked like death last time I saw you!

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Some of the passengers looked kind of green around the gills after the trip!

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Convincing the senator to see our point of view was an uphill battle, but we finally succeeded.

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Our newborn son is rather colicky, so my wife and I haven't slept a wink the last few nights.

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Stop putting on airs, Mary, you're not some world-class actor - you're just an amateur like the rest of us!

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Guards set dogs upon the escaping prisoners.