prasals4 - Sheet1 Flashcards
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Pit against
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Compete, or force to compete.
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play along
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Pretend to agree or accept something in order to keep someone happy, or to get more information.
3
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play around
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be silly
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play up to
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flatter someone for your personal advantage.
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plough into
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Collide into at speed
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plough through
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Complete something that is difficult or takes a lot of time.
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Potter about
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Spend time doing little things for pleasure.
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press ahead
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Continue with something.
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Pull ahead
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Overtake, move in front.
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pull back
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Decide not to do something or not to be involved with it any longer.
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pull down
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earn
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pull out
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depart (a vehicle). Our train pulls out at 8.
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pull through
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Barely survive. The company almost went bankrupt, but we pulled through in the end.
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pulled in
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park ( a vehicle)
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put * up
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Have a guest stay in your house for a short time. Can you put me up while I’m in town.
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put across
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communicate (an idea or suggestion) clearly so that it is understood.
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put back
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Rearrange something for a later time.
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put down
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insult, say bad things about
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put in
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officially submit a request (in the armed forces or public services).
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put off
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Postpone.
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put on
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deceive. putting us on.
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put out
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Inconvenience someone. I hope I am not putting you out.
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put out
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Extinguish a fire.
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put through
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Connect someone by phone. Could you put me through the accounting department please.
25
quieten down
be quite, or cause to be quiet. I often have to tell my daughter to quieten down her stereo.
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ran away
escape or disappear
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read up on
research a topic for a reason.
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ring up
telephone.
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romp through
Do something easily or quickly
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root around
Look or dig deeply in a place to try to find something
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rub along.
Have a reasonably good relationship. The staff in the office ....quite well
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rub up against
Touch someone in a sensual or sexual way.
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run into
Meet unexpectedly
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run across
find or meet unexpectedly
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run after
chase, pursue
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run along
Go away, leave (often as an imperative)
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run down
criticize
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run down
lose power, be very tired
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run down
trace. find. I couldn't run down the address of my old friend with whom I had lost contact.
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run down
hit with a car
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run off
flows
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run off
make leave. run the competitor off.
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run off
Reproduce photocopies.
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run off
Leave quickly.
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run through
Review.
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sail into
Critisize angrily
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sail through
Pass easily, succeed.
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scout about . scout around.
look in different places for something.
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scrape along
Manage with little money
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scrape into
Be accepted somewhere, but only just.
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screw around
waste time.
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see about
arrange or consider something.
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see into
Accompany someone into an office. see you into.
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see off
say good-bye to someone at the beginning of their trip( at the airport,train station)
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see to it
make sure something happens, arrange.
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sent back
Return something.
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set back
Cost
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set up
Arrange (an appointment, a meeting etc.)
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set up
arrange a relationship . set Jane up.
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settle on
make a decision after a period of time.
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settle up
pay one.s debts. We need to settle up the restaurant bill.
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show around
take smoeone to a place to show them certain parts
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show through
When a feeling can be seen despite attempts to conceal it.
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show up
Arrive without previous notice.
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show up
make someone seem inferior. he is always trying to show us up.
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shut out of
Exclude someone from an activity etc.
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shy away from
Avoid doing something because you lack confidence.
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sift through
Examine a lot of things carefully.
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sit around
sit idly, doing nothing.
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sit back
Wait for something to happen without making any effort.
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sit through
Stay till the end of something dull
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slob around
be lazy, do nothing.
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slow up
make move more slowly. slowing the group up.
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smack of
Appear to have a negative quality.
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snap out of
Control negative emotions.
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sniff around
look around to see how good something is or to try to find something better.
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square off against
Confront someone or prepare to fight them
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Stack up against
Be as good as something.
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stand around
Spend time in a place waiting or doing very little.
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stand back
Try to understand something by taking a different perspective
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stand up
not arrive to a date or appointment. She stood me up.
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stay over
spend the night at a person's house.
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Steer clear of
Avoid.
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stick around
Stay in a place for some time.
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stick it to
severely criticize a person.
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stick to it
persevere, keep trying.
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stop around
visit someone for a short time.
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stop behind
Stay somewhere when other people leave
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stop by
Visit someone briefly or quickly.
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strike back
attack, take action against someone who has hurt you.
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string along
Deceive someone for a long time.
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stumble across
find something accidentally
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suck into
Unwillingly become involved in something.
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swan around
Move in a dramatic or affected manner. She swanned around trying to impress people.
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swear by
Have great confidence in.
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sweep through
Move quickly through
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swing around
Change your opinion quickly
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swing by
Visit a person or place on your way somewhere.
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Tag along
Accompany someone, especially if they haven't specifically invited you.
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take * up
Discuss (at a later date). I plan to take the issue up with the President.
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take after
resemble a parent or relative.
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take back
Return an item to a store.
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take down
remove from a high place. We didn't take down the Christmas tree until the end of January.
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take down
write down what is said.
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take in
deceive a person.
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take in
make smaller when sewing.
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take in
learning
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take it back
Retract something you said.
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take off
Remove.
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take on
accept (responsibilities,work)
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take out
Accompany a person on a date.
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take up
Begin a new hobby. Have you taken up any new sports.
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take up
Shorten a garment when sewing. The trouser legs are too long, I am going to take them up.
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talk into
Persuade someone to do something. talk him into.
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talk out of
Persuade someone not to do something.
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talk over
Discuss. talk the proposal over.
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talk through
Guide someone through an issue. The boss talked Joe through the performance evaluation so he knew what the problems were.
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tap into
Use or exploit a plentiful resource for your benefit.
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tear down
destroy.
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tear into
Critisize strongly or angrily.
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tear up
tear or rip into small pieces.
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tell off
Criticize a person severely, reprimand. told the boy off.
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tell on
Report a crime to the police or bad behavior to a parent
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think it over
Consider
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think it through
Consider carefully.
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throw out
Discard.
127
tick by
pass (of time)
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tie up
tie securely. tie the boat up
129
tire of
Get bored of something. I tired of the presentation so I went and sat in the cafeteria.
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tire out. wear out
Cause someone to be very tired.
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touch on
Talk about for a short time.
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touch up
Make minor improvements
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tuck into
Start eating something.
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turn in
submit
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turn in
Go to bed. I think it is about time to turn in.
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turn into
Become.
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turn on
Attack unexpectedly.
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turn out
produce
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turn over
1. Give to authorities.
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turn up
Find unexpectedly. My keys turned up in the laundry.
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use up
Use all of something.
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veer away from
Stay away from,avoid.
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wade into
Become embroiled or involved in a situation, without thinking or planning usually
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wade through
Get to the end of something with difficulty. It took me a very long time to wade through the book.
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wait behind
Stay somewhere after other people have left
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wait on
serve, service(a table)
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wait up
not sleep because you are waiting for someone or something.
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wait up for her
not sleep because you are waiting for someone or something.
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walk away from
Leave something you don't like.
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walk into
Get work without effort.
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wear off
disappear after a period of time.
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wear out
Use until something is not usable any more.
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whip through
Do something quickly.
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wind up
cause an animal or a child or a crowd to behave wildly
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wind up
Finish
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wipe out
1Massacre or destroy. 2 Cause to be very tired
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wriggle out of
Avoid doing something in a way other people don't like.
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write down
make a record of
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write up
Prepare a report.
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yak on about. yak on.
to continue talking in an annoying way about something.
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yammer on about. yammer on
to talk in an annoying way about something or complain about.
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zero in on
Discover, pinpoint.
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zip around
move quickly from place to place.
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zone out
Stop paying attention.
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zonk out
fall asleep.
