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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 last
- at the wheel
- blow off steam
- by hook or by crook
- company
- cream of the crop
- elbow room
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- home stretch
- hustle and bustle
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