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  1. Alyx Jaraba
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    Alyx Jaraba

    This is a reference to a physical endowment not being as important as skill and technique during intimacy. (Very best effort to explain it cleanly.) The phrase was popular with pick-up artists of the 1970s.

    This is a reference to a physical endowment not being as important as skill and technique during intimacy. (Very best effort to explain it cleanly.) The phrase was popular with pick-up artists of the 1970s.

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    Athar

    That phrase means that the person who said it appreciates you very much, and wouldn't want to be in your place for anything in the world. It is a way of saying someone is extremely important to you. In other words, the phrase refers to the reaction to something being so good as to be irreplaceable.

    That phrase means that the person who said it appreciates you very much, and wouldn’t want to be in your place for anything in the world. It is a way of saying someone is extremely important to you. In other words, the phrase refers to the reaction to something being so good as to be irreplaceable.

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  1. Poonam Sharma
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    Poonam Sharma literarian

    "One more to go" is a phrase used to inform someone that one task more remains to be done. In other words, "One more to go" means that there is only one more thing to do in order to finish a list.

    “One more to go” is a phrase used to inform someone that one task more remains to be done. In other words, “One more to go” means that there is only one more thing to do in order to finish a list.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    "Your fly is down" is an idiomatic expression used to inform someone their zipper on their pants is open. It also means that you are showing too much of the lower part of your body, usually your privates.

    “Your fly is down” is an idiomatic expression used to inform someone their zipper on their pants is open. It also means that you are showing too much of the lower part of your body, usually your privates.

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    "Denial isn't just a river in Egypt" is a quote from the 1989 action thriller movie "Die Hard 2". The meaning of this quote is that if a person is denying those events that happened in the past, then he should take lessons from the past and avoid making the same mistake.

    “Denial isn’t just a river in Egypt” is a quote from the 1989 action thriller movie “Die Hard 2”. The meaning of this quote is that if a person is denying those events that happened in the past, then he should take lessons from the past and avoid making the same mistake.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    A hungry man is an angry man refers to the state of anger people feel when hungry. This phrase is often used in the context of starving people who had no other choice but to beg for food or use the way of violence.

    A hungry man is an angry man refers to the state of anger people feel when hungry. This phrase is often used in the context of starving people who had no other choice but to beg for food or use the way of violence.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The phrase "one down, one more to go" is used to describe when one person or team completes a specific task while there is another team member who still has work to do.

    The phrase “one down, one more to go” is used to describe when one person or team completes a specific task while there is another team member who still has work to do.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The idiom "every third day" means once every three days. It is an expression that has been in use since the mid-17th century.

    The idiom “every third day” means once every three days. It is an expression that has been in use since the mid-17th century.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Flowery language is a literary or academic style characterized by elaborate metaphors, elaborate figures of speech and ornaments. Examples include: "A rolling stone gathers no moss." "Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh. Her skin was fair anRead more

    Flowery language is a literary or academic style characterized by elaborate metaphors, elaborate figures of speech and ornaments. Examples include:

    “A rolling stone gathers no moss.”
    “Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh. Her skin was fair and flawless, the cheekbones high, the chin pointy, and her lips were molded in a cupid’s bow.” (excerpt from Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes)

    Example from the movie Wall Street:

    Gordon Gekko: You look at me and you see a thief, a greedy opportunist who, because he was too lazy to work, stole $20

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