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Idioms and Phrases

Also, this, that, and the other . Various miscellaneous items, one thing and another, as in He said this and that about the budget, but nothing new or of great substance , or We spent all evening chatting about this, that, and the other . The first idiom was first recorded in 1581; the variant dates from the early 1900s.

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I love all animals, and I have a dog, but if I were to sit down and write a book about dogs, I feel like I’d find myself wanting to act like an expert and go into breeds and this and that, and end up writing something pretty boring.

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Most of it is made from paper and disposable plastic and biodegradable this and that, so we’ll just start using paper towels and tissue paper and spray everything down with Clorox.

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"Outside of school some boys will be like, 'Oh it's the chus group, it's the ugly girls,' and this and that," she says.

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They added that "fair use of copyrighted materials is vital to this", and that the company wants to develop AI that benefits everyone.

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�� do you think of how Townsend was able to get away with this and that he got away with it for as long as he did?

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