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[birds and the bees (the)] {n. phr.}, {informal} The facts we should know about our birth. * /At various ages, in response to questions, a child can be told about […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[keep on] {v.} 1. To go ahead; not stop; continue. * /The neighbors asked them to stop making noise, but they kept right on./ * /Columbus kept on until he […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[kill two birds with one stone] {v. phr.} To succeed in doing two things by only one action; get two results from one effort. * /Mother stopped at the supermarket […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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