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To make a burst of hard work.
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I've got to dig in for a couple of weeks to secure my promotion.
Submitted on March 30, 2011
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- start over
- stretch out
- suck up
- tide over
- all fired up
- at a loss for words
- baggage
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- birds and bees
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- child's play
- company
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- fresh start
- get one's act together
- give somebody an earful
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- hot potato
- if only
- in black and white
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- keep quiet
- keep somebody posted
- light up
- object lesson
- one-off
- over and over
- own up
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