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Mamacita

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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
OK. Erstwhile Catholics should confess before receiving communion.

Ions are atoms with a net positive or negative charge.

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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.

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Char, generally, is taken to be derived from the word chai the generally used word for tea all over India.

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Curiosity killed ...

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Love rind? I adore it, as long as it is crispy, a version of pork crackling for breakfast.

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Or, break fast and have a binge
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Bin Gerry's latest deathtrap invention and walk to work; it'll save you a lot of hassle.

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A lot of Hassler's music is great fun to sing.

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alto n a soprano who can read music

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Mamacita

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"Single ladies, all the single ladies," sang Beyonce.

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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.

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no prophet's flag is set so...

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Once someone told me, though I couldn't care less for her music, that her middle name was Giselle.

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Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
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"I sell elephants on the black market," whispered the geezer wearing a coat with gigantic pockets.

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Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu

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Mamacita

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Antic pockets are full of squirting flowers, whoopee cushions, and other such folderol.

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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.

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Welease Woderwick

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Older oleaginous substances can become rather sticky.

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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?

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Curiosity killed ...

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Her "stick you" attitude became more frustrating to bear as the day wore on.

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Welease Woderwick

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Ore, on trains, is usually carried in open wagons.

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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?

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Zappa
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"Wag on," said Julian, to the tail of Timmy the dog, "but I think the girls should make us some supper."

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Upper rooms have served several useful purposes over the centuries.

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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?

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Raptor Eye
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'The cent,' Urie's restaurant sign read, 'is far too small to be offered as a tip'.

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Sipech
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Sat I, pointing out of the window at the spaceship about to destroy us all, but mother wouldn't shift her eyes from watching Bargain Hunt.

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Gain hunting experience by joining the Belvoir or the Berkshire.

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alto n a soprano who can read music

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Amanda B. Reckondwythe

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Sh! Ire is no emotion for a lady to display.

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Tod is playing some form of masochistic trump card in the search for immortal grandeur.

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Rand, Euro, and dollar are some of the currencies we may find in a drawer, reminding us of holidays abroad.

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SOF Holidays: A Broadening of the Mind?

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Them indeed does muddle our grammatical usages.

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Oscar the Grouch

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U.S.A. gestation periods are no different from the rest of the world, you may be interested to know.

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OK, now, enough of talk about gestation.

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Welease Woderwick

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Stations of the Cross are used at our local church before mass in all the Sundays in Lent.

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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?

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no prophet's flag is set so...

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Lent is not the past participle of leaned, though it sounds like it should be.

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Should better butter than bitter butter be put into the batter by Betty Botter?

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Oscar the Grouch

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O.T.T. eruptions frequently result in shipmates bickering in Hell threads.

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Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu

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"Read something and you might learn something!" he screamed at his idle offspring.

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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?

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Sipech
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I sidle off Springfield Avenue and onto a side street whenever I see someone from church walking the other way, as it seems odd to talk to them far from a stained glass window.

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"Lass win, dowager lose" said the Caliph, consigning the old lady to the flames, and Scheherezade to his harem...

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In other words, just because I made it all up, doesn't mean it isn't true (Reginald Hill)

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His hare mouthed 'please don't eat me' as he was deciding what to have for dinner.

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Inner tubes are, I understand, integral parts of bicycles.

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alto n a soprano who can read music

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Mamacita

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I cycle seldom, and really need to get the bike out of storage!

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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.

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To rage at the moon can be considered a sign of madness.

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Mad Nessie is not a creature to approach unprepared without a gift of fish.

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Toffish Prince Harry may appear to some, but to some Vegas party-goers it appears he is quite unadorned.

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Curiosity killed ...

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Una, do RN editions cover the Marines as well as the Naval divisions?

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I Sion spied from afar, it looked quite heavenly.

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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?

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Lying in the grass on a wet day is something my mother said I should avoid.

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"My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, accept the praise I bring"

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A void in our lives of a spiritual nature can't be filled with chocolate.

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"Be filled with chocolate!" said the Easter Bunny, as he handed out his stash of Easter eggs.

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"Aster - e.g. 'G.Shawbridge', a new variety from a Mrs Eaglestone cross, will fill the space nicely. We can offer plants in 9cm pots at $4 each or $13 for six. Stake firmly."

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Firm lychees taste much better than shrivelled ones.

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"Elle - DONE!" Said the the weary editor of the aforementioned magazine, after completing yet another pressured deadline.

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Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu

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dead linesmen have been reported to be roaming in the region of the lightning strike

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Trike riding was great fun when I was four to six.

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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano

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Tos: ... ix. (Abbrev.) Terms of Service; x. (Span.) Cough.

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Ugh, I can't bear the thought of getting up early tomorrow.

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