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On the Mend
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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.
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' @, z) h- W6 j' M1 ~" g3 `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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