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On the Mend
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! f, b% g! |: M' B5 @, lMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
$ \* _: a5 d2 g( O10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness. 4 ~8 O# n8 S3 D
b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.
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2 e5 U# j$ R$ {, } R, }I learned this on the cartoon The Simpson's, when Bart faked the sickness to avoid another failuer in his Grade 4 tests that would qualify him for moving foward to Grade 5. |
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