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I am afraid my computer will break down if I try to run it at too high a speed.
Submitted on May 07, 2011
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- fall apart
- finish off
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- stand down
- strip away
- tie up
- zero in
- all that jazz
- arm to the teeth
- as far as one knows
- babe in arms
- back-to-back
- beauty sleep
- bend the truth
- breathe easy
- carry a torch for
- chip off the old block
- company
- deliver the goods
- ears are burning
- eat one's hat
- eye candy
- face to face
- false step
- flower
- free-for-all
- fresh start
- frog in one's throat
- from time to time
- gear up
- grain of salt
- green light
- hang out one's shingle
- haul his ashes
- have a green thumb
- in detail
- in the hot seat
- kick ass
- king
- make believe
- middle of nowhere
- middle of the road
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