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The generator fired up shortly after the power failure began.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
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- bells and whistles
- breathe easy
- buy time
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- gold mine
- hard of hearing
- haul his ashes
- have a heart
- in its infancy
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- king
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- look like
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- odd and curious
- old stick
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- one another
- one of those days
- own up
- pass on
- piece of cake
- point the finger at
- price on one's head
- right on
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