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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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- a cut above
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- bent on
- call it a day
- check is in the mail
- come hell or high water
- fat chance
- flutter in the dovecote
- from a to z
- get busy
- get off
- get one's claws into
- get the ball rolling
- give it one's best shot
- give over
- gray area
- hard of hearing
- have a green thumb
- have other fish to fry
- hold your fire
- how's tricks
- keep an eye out
- keep quiet
- make a decision
- make fun of
- no joy
- not half bad
- off-color
- on a roll
- on board
- on edge
- on the nose
- on the nose
- out of gas
- out of order
- out of this world
- own up
- pardon my french
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- pretty pictures
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