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1It Wasn't Meant to Happen — Infobox Television episode Title = It Wasn t Meant to Happen Series = Desperate Housewives Caption = Lynette at the office. Season = 2 Episode = 20 Airdate = April 30, 2006 Production = 220 Writer = Marc Cherry and Tom Spezialy Director = Larry… …
2take smth for granted — (from Idioms in Speech) to assume, accept something as true, or as a fact, or as certain to happen (without reason or proof) I Although he was a Tory by habit and condition, there were few institutions he took for granted. (I. Murdoch) She took… …
3blow\ up — v 1a. To break or destroy or to be destroyed by explosion. He blew up the plane by means of a concealed bomb. The fireworks factory blew up when something went wrong in an electric switch. 1b. informal To explode with anger or strong feeling;… …
4bring\ to\ pass — v. phr. informal To make (smth) happen; succeed in causing. By much planning, the mother brought the marriage to pass. The change in the law was slow in coming, and it took a disaster to bring it to pass. Compare: bring about, come to pass …
5bring about — to cause; to make (smth) happen; to give rise to …
