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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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- carry a torch for
- dead as a doorknob
- give somebody pause
- grain of salt
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- lion
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- set one's cap at
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- shotgun
- silly money
- so much as
- so there
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