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  • 111bless one's heart — {v. phr.} To thank someone; consider one the cause of something good that has happened. * /Aunt Jane, bless her heart, left me half a million dollars!/ …

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  • 112face lift — {n. phr.} 1. A surgical procedure designed to make one s face look younger. * /Aunt Jane, who is in her seventies, had an expensive face lift and now she looks as if she were 40./ 2. A renovation, a refurbishing. * /Our house needs a major face… …

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  • 113handle with gloves — or[handle with kid gloves] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To treat very gently and carefully. * /An atomic bomb is handled with kid gloves./ 2. To treat with great tact and diplomacy. * /Aunt Jane is so irritable that we have to treat her with kid… …

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  • 114kick up — {v.}, {informal} To show signs of not working right. * /John had had too much to eat and his stomach started to kick up./ * /After working well for a year the air conditioner suddenly started kicking up./ …

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  • 115nervous prostration — {n.} An illness of the mind that makes you feel very tired, worried, and bored, and that often causes headaches, upset stomach, and other sickness. * /Aunt Jane said that taking care of us children all day was enough to give any woman nervous… …

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  • 116Worcestershire — For the condiment, see Worcestershire sauce. Worcestershire …

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  • 117John M. Ford — For the politician, see John M. Ford (Shreveport). John M. Ford portrait 2000 …

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  • 118A Delicate Balance — Infobox Play name = A Delicate Balance image size = caption = writer = Edward Albee characters = Tobias Claire Agnes Harry Edna Julia setting = premiere = place = Martin Beck Theatre New York City, New York orig lang = English series = subject =… …

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  • 119Emily Watson — Infobox actor imagesize = 200px caption = Watson at the Orange British Academy Film Awards in London s Royal Opera House, February 2007 birthname = Emily Margaret Watson birthdate = birth date and age|1967|1|14|df=yes birthplace = London, England …

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  • 120Red-Headed Woman — Infobox Film name = Red Headed Woman image size = 180px caption = Poster director = Jack Conway producer = Paul Bern writer = Anita Loos Katherine Brush narrator = starring = Jean Harlow Chester Morris music = cinematography = editing = Blanche… …

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