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(1771-1845) English clergymanwriter In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. www.english-slang.com

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Samuel Johnson

(1709-1784) English author Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

George Carlin - "The Seven Words"

The 7 words you just can't say on television. WARNING!!! Bad, Bad Language! Remove children from the room, unless you're a […]

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bomb

[bomb] {n.} A large sum of money as in 'to make a bomb'. Also 'to go like a bomb' meaning to travel at high speed.

pile up

[pile up] {v. phr.} 1. To grow into a big heap. * /He didn't go into his office for three days and his work kept piling up./ […]

stand off

[stand off] {v.} 1. To stay at a distance; stay apart. * /At parties, Mr. Jones goes around talking to everyone, but Mrs. […]

make a clean breast of

[make a clean breast of] {v. phr.} To admit (your guilt); tell all about (your wrong doing); confess everything. * /The […]

sit back

[sit back] {v.} 1. To be built a distance away; stand away (as from a street). * /Our house sits back from the road./ 2. To […]