"These medicines all taste pretty good - let's approve them."
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credit card, credit, cards, credit, debt, debts, debtor, credit rating, bad credit, bad credit rating, approved, pre-approved, disaproved, rejected, bad reputation, rejection, rejections, loan, loans, bank, bank, approval, approval processEve's Mom
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guilt, guilts, guilting, mom, moms, mother, mothers, mum, mums, nag, nags, nagging, passive aggressive, passive aggression, passive aggressiveness, parent, parents, parenting, frustration, frustrations, frustrating, put on a sweater, nice young man, approval, approve, approves, approving, torah, genesis, bible, bible story, bible stories, shpasik, jtoons"I'm Walter Grimes and I approve this drink."
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drunk, drunks, drunkard, drunkards, drunken night, drunken nights, approve, approves, approving, approval, approvals, stamp of approval, stamps of approval, saloon, saloons, shout, shouts, shouting, happy drunk, happy drunks, tipsy, cocktail, cocktails, cocktail bar, cocktail bars, announcement, announcements, martini, martinis, jolly, alcoholic, alcoholics, pronouncement, pronouncements, drunken"First, I did things for my parents' approval, then I did things for my parents' disapproval, and now I don't know why I do things."
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approval, parental approval, parents, parents approval, parents' approval, disapproval, parents disapproval, parents' disapproval, reasons, rebellion, rebel, psychiatrist, psychologist, parents, psychiatrists, psychologists, shrink, shrinks, talk, talking therapy, motivation, reasons, motivations, rationale"Do we have your blessing?"
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, customer, customers, tableware, cutlery, utensil, utensils, spoon, spoons, dish, dishes, plate, plates, silverware, relationship, relationships, love, romance, romantic, blessing, permission, approval, running away, eloping, couple, couples, nursery rhyme, nursery rhymes, rhyme, rhymes, mother goose, literature, children's story, children's stories, character, characters, fictional character, fictional characters, hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon, lyricsThe Sterlings Disapprove
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sterling, sterling silver, dish, dishes, spoon, spoons, elope, elopes, eloping, run away, ran away, mother goose, nursery rhyme, nursery rhymes, hey diddle diddle, nonsense, controlling, parent, parents, racism, traditional, class difference, class differences, concern, concerns, concerned, concerned parents, approval, parent, parents, parental, disapprove, disapproves, disapproving, snob, snobs, snobbery, secret marriage, secret marriages"Legal and accounting were O.K. with it, but I had trouble getting it past archery."
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office politics, approve, approved, approval, department, departments, departmental, proposal, proposals, businessmen, businessman, business man, business men, archery, arrows, riddled, arrow, archer, bow, bows, offices, just another day at the office, visual gag, visual joke, sight gag, sight joke, shot, shoot, shoot on sight, shot on sight, desk job, desk jobs, desk jockey, desk jockey, suits, offices"Ah, Monsieur has made a very expensive choice!"
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restaurant, fancy, upscale, menu, menus, expensive, expenses, high ticket, high ticket item, high ticket items, order, orders, ordering, impress, impresses, impressing, date, dates, dating, choice, choices, option, options, approving, approval, approvals, front of house, front of house staff, waiter, waiters, server, servers, bill, bills"Why did you speak to Dad? He can't green-light anything."
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kid, kids, child, children, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, father, fathers, fatherhood, dad, dads, family, families, green light, yes, permission, getting permission, approval, approve, decision, decisions"No, she likes me best!"
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general, generals, army, armies, girl, girls, women, woman, dating, dates, approval, approving, likes me best, competition, competitive, childish, children, childlike, immature, babyish, infantile, juvenile, silly, unlikely, unbecoming, commander, commanders, officer, officers, military, militaries"I'm in the sandwich generation - my parents don't approve of me and my kids hate me."
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sandwich, sandwiches, approve, approves, approval, approvals, kid, kids, child, children, hate, hates, resent, resents, resentful, generation gap, generation gaps, millennial, millennials, rebel, rebels, rebellion, teenage, teenager, teenaged, adolescent, adolescence"Now, that's the kind of innovative thinking I'd like to see around our shop."
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stockbroker, stockbrokers, broker, brokers, suicidal, market crash, market crashes, crash, crashes, stock market, stock markets, investor, investors, innovate, innovates, innovating, innovator, innovators, innovation, innovations, office worker, office workers, bear market, bear markets, executive, executives, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, approval, boss, bosses, manager, managers, upper management"The water for your fishbowl was approved, but it looks like for now you're not getting the fish."
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approval, request, requests, office, hierarchy, hierarchies, corporation, corporations, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, bureaucracy, bureaucracies, faceless bureaucracy, faceless bureaucracies, office drone, office drones, office worker, office workers, process, processes, approval process, approval processes, pend, pends, pending, wait, waits, waiting, regulation, regulations, rule, rules, health and safetyShop called "Drink'n'Smoke'n'Shoot" with a sign in their front window that reads "A.T.F. Approved".
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front window, front windows, display window, display windows, storefront, storefronts, sign, signs, signage, bar, bars, pub, pubs, drink, drinks, drinking, drinking alcohol, alcohol, alcoholic, liquor, booze, smoke, smoking, smoker, smokers, cigar, bad habit, bad habits, shooting, weapon, weapons, firearm, firearms, gun, guns, gun control, firearms regulation, gun violence, bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, atf, a.t.f., united states, us, u.s., united states of america, usa, u.s.a., america, american, americans, government, governments, politics, bureaucracy, approved, approval, consumerism"I think what Polly really want is approval."
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, dating, date, dates, blind date, blind dates, set up, fix up, set you up, fix you up, pick-up line, pickup line, pickup lines, pick up line, pick up lines, kid, kids, child, children, parent, daughter, daughters, adult child, parents, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, family, families, mother-daughter relationships, divorce, divorces, separation, separations, divorcee, divorcees, middle-age, middle-aged, middle age, middle aged, old age, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, approval, approve, screening, test, tests, testing"I would also like to thank the jury for validating my work."
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court, courts, courtroom, courtrooms, trial, trials, legal system, justice system, law, lawyer, lawyers, counselor, counselors, counsellors, counsellors, attorney, attorneys, solicitor, solicitors, barrister, barristers, legal counsel, jury, juries, thankful, grateful, thanking, validating, validation, approval, affirmation, recognition, proud, happy"Haskins may have winked and I may have nodded, But nobody winked and nodded."
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non-verbal communication, non-verbal communications, non verbal communication, non verbal communications, communication, communications, body language, body-language, businessmen, businessman, corporate culture, corporate environment, winking, wink, winks, nod, nods, approval, nodding, ceo, ceos, chief exec, chief execs, chief executive, chief executives, misunderstanding, misunderstandings"I have the new list of approved tweets."
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tweets, tweet, social media, social networking, social network, social networks, approval, donald trump, online communication, online communications, communication, communications, approval, political tweet, political tweets, twitter accounts, online influencer, online influence, online influencers, online marketing, censor, censorship, censoring, vetting, vetted, overseeing, controlled image, damage limitation, damage controlTwo penguins gesture at each other
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