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but good

  1. Emphatically, thoroughly, as in Ruth decided to clean up the whole yard but good. The word but in this colloquialism functions as an intensive. Also see and how.



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He said: "I started working on this issue over 25 years ago at the then New Labour's government's New Deal Task Force, dealing with issues such as welfare to work and getting the long term unemployed into not just jobs but good long term sustained jobs."

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But “good fire,” as Nielson called it, is essential for reducing the fuel available for bad fire, the kind that makes the headlines.

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I don’t know how different the experience will be watching at home, but “Good Night, and Good Luck” made me reflect on what theatergoing might have been like in ancient Greece.

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“I have nothing but good memories of my time in L.A. with the Galaxy. So it’s nice to go back,” Arena said.

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For the Prime Minister, walking towards political headwinds international and domestic, he can chalk this up as good news, if limited good news – but good news he will bank.

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