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hope only lasts when you need itWhen you need hope it will come.Rate it:

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how are youAn informal greeting, not requiring a literal response. Typical responses include.Rate it:

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how are you doingAlternative form of how do you doRate it:

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how are you getting alongA greeting roughly equivalent to how are you.Rate it:

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how can you sleep at nightA rhetorical question, used to tell someone that they should feel guilty about something.Rate it:

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how do you doa greeting used meeting somebody. Alternatives are pleased to meet you and nice to meet you. Often not actually meant as a question.Rate it:

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how do you like thatSaid in surprise or disappointment.Rate it:

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how do you like them applesDirected jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing the situation.Rate it:

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how do you pronounce this wordPlease say this word out loud so that I can learn how it is pronounced.Rate it:

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how do you spell this wordI want to know how this word is written.Rate it:

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how many languages do you speakhow many languages do you speak?Rate it:

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how many siblings do you haveUsed to ask how many brothers or sisters someone has.Rate it:

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how much do I owe youAsking how much money is to be paid for products or services.Rate it:

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how much do you chargeUsed to ask a professional the monetary cost of his/her services.Rate it:

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how old are youUsed to question the mental age of the interlocutor.Rate it:

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how old are youAsks the interlocutor to give his or her age.Rate it:

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I believe you, thousands wouldn'tUsed to indicate that the speaker does not put faith in something they have just heard.Rate it:

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I feel youAn agreement or understanding in sentiment or belief.Rate it:

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i go batty for you!(bat-ty) batty mean crazy in this context but bat-tyRate it:

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I hate youExpression of hatred, or intense disdain or dislike directed at someone.Rate it:

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I have a bridge to sell youAn indirect way of expressing someone is gullible.Rate it:

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I hope you're happySaid to scold someone who did something wrong, after seeing the consequences.Rate it:

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I kid you notUsed to insist that one is telling the truthRate it:

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i know you know i knowYou already know that this is not a new thing to meRate it:

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I like youIndicates that the speaker likes the interlocutor.Rate it:

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I love youA platonic expression of strong inclination or liking to a friend.Rate it:

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I love youAn affirmation of romantic feeling to a lover or spouse.Rate it:

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I miss youAn expression of sorrow or sadness about the absence of a family member, close friend, lover or spouse.Rate it:

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I see what you did thereAn expression used to point out that another person's joke has been understood, either to praise its cleverness or to clearly communicate a lack of amusement at it.Rate it:

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I see what you did thereUsed other than as an idiom: see I, see, what, you, did, there.Rate it:

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i shit you notA truth has been stated; one is not kiddingRate it:

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I thought you'd never askan answer of acceptance to an eagerly-awaited questionRate it:

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I told youI told youRate it:

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I told you soA phrase used to remind someone that they were already warned that a certain event would happen.Rate it:

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i will viscously sweedle you later tonight!To make love consistently With you later tonight. I.E. Sex!Rate it:

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I'd like to kiss youUsed to ask to kiss a person.Rate it:

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I'm in love with youA declaration of passion or romantic feeling.Rate it:

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I'm rubber, you're glueThe first line of a children's rhyme countering an attack of character.Rate it:

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if I were youA phrase said to introduce advice, i.e. to express what one would do in the interlocutor's situation.Rate it:

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if you don't mind me sayingUsed to introduce one's opinion about something to which offence could be takenRate it:

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if you pleasepleaseRate it:

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insanity starts when you do different things and the results are the same.InsanityRate it:

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it's not you, it's meThe reason why I want to end our relationship is unspecified.Rate it:

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just you waitIndicates that something unpleasant is going to happen to the interlocutor, and the speaker is glad about it, as in vengeance or punishment.Rate it:

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just you wait and see!Wait calmly and the results shall appear and surprise YOU"Rate it:

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Lead You by the NoseTo have a control over someone, to be in authorityRate it:

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leave you into the dirtSomeone pushes you away, and forgets you.Rate it:

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let's be having youExpression to encourage someone to hurry up and move somewhere.Rate it:

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life's a bitch and then you dieyour life had been a living hell from the start to your grave.Rate it:

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Lord love youSaid to soften the negative impact of something that is said next.Rate it:

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