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To become less agitated.
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I'd love to go to Iraq, but I'll have to wait until the violence cools down.
Submitted on July 26, 2010
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- at peace
- at the wheel
- bite one's tongue
- bite one's tongue
- center field
- cheek by jowl
- cream of the crop
- creature comfort
- daily grind
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- fair and square
- fat of the land
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- give somebody an earful
- gloss over
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- hack it
- hang out one's shingle
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- hem and haw
- honest-to-goodness
- in detail
- in order
- in touch
- lip service
- look like
- move heaven and earth
- no holds barred
- nugget of truth
- old stick
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- piss up a rope
- play the race card
- rainy day
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