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you can't get mad at someone who's been

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mugged oh good that's good but you don't

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look like you were mugged

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here hello

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everyone welcome back in this video

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we're going to learn eight idioms with

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friends let's begin head she's Rachel's

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Tails she's

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Monica's Tails Monica she's yours that

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landed in your food no that's okay you

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want Fair Square I'm so

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sad heads she's Rachel's Tails she's

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Monica's Tails Monica she's yours no

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that landed in your food no that's okay

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you one fair and square I'm so

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sad the idiom fair and square means

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doing something in a way that is honest

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fair and follows the

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rules it's about not trying to cheat or

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gain an unfair

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Advantage

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examples they won the match fair and

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square without cheating or breaking any

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rules the candidate won the election

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fair and square with the most

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votes the judge made their decision fair

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and square evaluating the evidence and

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applying the law

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impartially

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heads she's Rachel's Tails she's

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Monica's Tails Monica she's yours no

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that landed in your food no that's okay

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you w fair and square I'm so

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sad Mike Hanigan will you marry me get

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alone of this she's proposing to him yes

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we know who wears the pants in that

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family Mike Hanigan will you marry me

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get alone of this she's proposing to him

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yes we know who wears the pants in that

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family the idiom where the pants or

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trousers means to be the one who is in

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charge or has more control in a

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relationship or

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family it suggests that the person who

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wears the pants especially a woman makes

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the important decisions and has more

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Authority

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examples Sarah wears the pants in her

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marriage and makes all the major

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decisions in their family it's clear

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that Jon's wife wears the pants and has

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the final

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say it's obvious that Tom's mother wears

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the trousers in their household and sets

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all the

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rules my can

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will you marry me get alone of this

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she's proposing to him guess we know who

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wears the pants in that

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family yeah but he wants to talk to you

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before anything really happens with her

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and as his friend I mean don't you think

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he deserves the same from

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you you know a pain in my ass

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Keller yeah but he wants to talk to you

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before anything really happens with her

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and as his friend I mean don't you think

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he deserves the same from

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you you're a pain in my ass

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Keller the idiom to be a pain in the ass

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but or neck means someone or something

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is very

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annoying

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examples dealing with rush hour traffic

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is such a pain in the

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ass my neighbor's dog parking all night

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is a real pain in the

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butt it's a pain in the neck to find

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parking in this crowded

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City John can be such a pain in the ass

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with his constant

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complaining yeah but he wants to talk to

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you before anything really happens with

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her and as his friend I mean don't you

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think he deserves the same from

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you you're a pain in my ass Keller

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the grandfather and I might not be here

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that's true this message could be coming

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to you from Beyond the Grave Emma my

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parents died very young and my

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cholesterol is off the

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charts the grandfather and I might not

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be here that's true this message could

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be coming to you from Beyond the Grave

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Emma my parents died very young and my

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cholesterol is off the

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charts

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the yium off the charts means something

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is extremely impressive exceeding what

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is considered normal or

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expected it can also mean to be at a

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very high

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level

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examples his blood sugar level was off

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the

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charts the popularity of the new video

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game is off the charts with millions of

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players

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worldwide her Talent as a singer is off

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the charts she has an incredible

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voice the temperature today is off the

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charts it's the hottest day we've had in

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years the rainfall in the region last

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month was off the charts it broke all

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previous

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records the grandfather and I might not

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be here that's true this message could

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be coming to you from Beyond the Grave

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Emma my parents died very young and my

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cholesterol is off the

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charts Ross how about you which would

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you give up sex or food food okay how

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about um sex or

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dinosaurs oh my God it's like Sophie's

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Choice Ross how about you which would

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you give up sex or food food okay how

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about about um sex or

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dinosaurs oh my God it's like Sophie's

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Choice the yidm Sophie's Choice refers

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to a very hard decision where someone

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has to pick between two options that are

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both really bad it's like being stuck in

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a situation where there's no good choice

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and whichever one you choose will have

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serious and sad results this idiom is

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derived from the title of the novel

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Sophie's Choice by William styron in

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which Sophie must choose which one of

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her two children will

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die

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examples Jane faced a Sophie's choice

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between losing her job or accepting a

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significant pay

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cut Mark found himself in a Sophie's

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Choice situation forced to decide

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between revealing a painful truth or

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protecting someone's feelings

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the company's CEO had to make a Sophie's

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choice between laying off employees or

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declaring

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bankruptcy Ross how about you which

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would you give up sex or food food okay

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how about um sexs or

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dinosaurs oh my God it's like Sophie's

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Choice that doesn't sound like you

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that's my

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talking we made this decision together

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she's putting words in your mouth don't

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you put words in people's mouths you put

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turkey in people's

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mouth the idiom to put words in or into

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someone's mouth means to say or suggest

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that someone said something that they

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didn't actually say it's like speaking

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on behalf of someone and falsely

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claiming that they expressed a certain

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opinion example

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don't put words in my mouth I never said

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I agreed with that

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decision stop putting words in his mouth

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let him speak for himself and express

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his own

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thoughts I didn't say that why are you

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putting words in my

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mouth that don't sound like you that

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what Monica talking we made this

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decision together she's putting words in

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your mouth don't you put words in

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people's mouths you put turkey in

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people's

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mouth hey you son of a is it me or

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have the greetings gone down hill around

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here pH and Rachel saw you with Nancy

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today and um they think you're having an

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affair hey you son of a is it me

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or have the greetings gone downhill

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around here pH and Rachel saw you with

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Nancy today and um they think you're

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having an

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affair the idiom go downhill means that

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something is getting worse or going in a

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negative Direction

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examples after the new management took

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over the company's profits started going

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downhill his health has been going

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downhill ever since he stopped

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exercising

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regularly their financial situation went

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downhill after they lost their

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jobs the company's reputation went

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downhill rapidly after a major product

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recall hey you son of a is it me

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of the greetings gone downhill around

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here pH and Rachel saw you with Nancy

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today and um they think you're having an

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affair thank you for watching this

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video make sure to subscribe to my

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channel for more exciting

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videos goodbye and take

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care

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