"Please have a seat. Mr. Thorndyke will be back shortly."
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spaced out, spaced, distract, distracted, distraction, distractions, miles away, zoned out, zone out, daydream, daydreaming, brain dead, braindead, exec, executive, executives, meeting, meetings, business, big business, boss, businessman, businessmen, office, offices, stress, stressed, concentrate, concentration, first impressions, present, presence, physical, mental, not quite there, tune out, paying attention, attention, pay attention, greetings, greeting, workaholic, work life balance, breakdown, stressed, modern life, working life, corporate, word play, play on words, word, words"Mother was right about you. You're a toaster."
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date, dates, dating, relationship, relationships, relationship problem, relationship problems, breakdown, breakdowns, breakup, breakups, breaking up, split up, splits up, splitting up, incompatible, incompatibility, toaster, toasters, appliance, appliances, wrong for each other, divorce, divorces, divorcing, mother-in-law, argument, arguments, arguing, spat, spats, row, rows, quarrel, quarrels, quarrelling"Let's make a low-budget movie till help arrives."
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low budget, low budget movie, low-budget movies, desert, deserts, setting, settings, cliche, cliches, independent film, independent films, help, helps, stranded, lost, pass the time, passes the time, passing the time, indie, indies, indie film, indie films, movie, movies, filmmaker, filmmakers, filmmaking, breakdown, breakdowns, broken downRichard and Wendy Kozier, of Saddle River, New Jersey, with U.N. Peacekeeping Contingent
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peacekeeper, peacekeepers, peacekeeping, peacekeeping forces, united nations, un, u.n., peacekeeping contingent, civil war, civil wars, argue, argues, arguing, argument, arguments, quarrel, quarrels, quarrelling, breakdown, breakdowns, bad marriage, bad marriages, fight, fights, fighting, therapist, therapists, couples therapist, couples therapists, couples therapy, counseling, counselor, counselors, counsellor, counsellors, counselling, couple, couples, mismatched, bad relationship, bad relationships"You're at the top of the list, Mr. Stewart, and you'll be immediately notified the moment there's an available womb for you to crawl back into."
"Quick—bring the jaws of lunch!"
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car, cars, vehicle, vehicles, automobile, automobiles, driving, driver, drivers, transportation, engine trouble, engine problem, engine problems, smoke, smoking, breakdown, breakdowns, calling for help, roadside assistance, jaws of life, rescue, rescuer, rescuers, emergency, emergencies, emergency worker, emergency workers, lunch, lunches, meal, meals, mealtime, lunchtime, hungry, starving, hunger, food"Please, Lord, enough already."
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enough, enough is enough, enough already, last, last resort, last resorts, desperate measures, desperation, desperate, desperately, religion, turned to religion, faith, faiths, faithful, pray, praying, prayed, prayer, prayers, god, gods, heaven, heavens, stress, stressed, stressing, existential, existential dread, existence is pain, drudge, drudgery, overwork, overworked, over work, over worked, break down, breakdown, break-down"But you just had to elude the paparazzi."
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pap, papped, paparazzi, elude, elusive, escape, escaped, escapee, car, cars, auto, autos, breakdown, break down, broken, broken down, roadside assistance, roadside, fight, fighting, marital, marriage, couple, couples, husband, wife, married, married life, speed, speeding, sports car, celebrity, celebrities, road, roads, driving, driver, drivers, roadtrip, road trip, desert, deserts, wasteland, wait, waiting, impulse, impulsiveness, impulsive"You haven't said anything for ten years. Is everything O.K.?"
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husband, husbands, wife, wives, married life, married couple, married couples, marital problem, marital problems, communication, communications, communicating, communicate, communicates, breakdown, breakdowns, silent treatment, silent treatments, talking, open communication, silence, quiet type, couples counseling, couples counselling, marriage therapy"It's no use, Marc. There've already been too many decaf cappuccinos between us."
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decaf, decaffeinated, decaffeinated coffee, decaf coffee, decaf coffees, decaffeinated coffees, cappuccino, cappuccinos, decaf cappuccino, decaf cappuccinos, coffee, coffees, breakup, breakups, coffee bar, coffee bears, spark, sparks, break-up, break-ups, break up, break ups, girlfriends, boyfriend, boyfriends, husband, husbands, wife, wives, breakdown, breakdowns, relationship, fizzling out, fizzled outWall Street Down
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wall street, finance, financial crash, financial crashes, stock market, stock markets, stock market crash, stock market crashes, recession, the recession, recessions, double-dip recession, double dip recession, stock exchange, stock exchange, the new york stock exchange, the new york stock exchange, shares, share, failing, failure, stats, statistics, occupy wall street, drain, drains, down the drain, failure, breakdown, breakdowns, collapse, collapses, decline, declines"Lately, everything has been getting on his nerves, Doctor. The credit people, the flooded basement, Mother's complaining about not getting enough zinc, Jimmy Carter. . ."
"I was sad because I had no on-board fax until I saw a man who had no mobile phone."
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mobile, mobiles, phone, phones, smartphone, smartphones, fax, faxes, on-board fax, car, cars, car phone, car phones, fax machine, fax machines, payphone, payphones, breakdown, breakdowns, breaking down, pay-phone, pay-phones, emergency, emergencies"Good morning, folks, this is Captain Holwood from the flight deck. We'll be cruising at thirty-five thousand feet today, and I'll be finally taking control of my life, struggling to satisfy the needs of only one person—me!"
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air travel, airport, airports, airline, airlines, airplane, airplanes, aeroplane, aeroplanes, plane, planes, flying, flight, flights, traveler, travelers, travellers, travellers, passenger, passengers, pilot, pilots, co-pilot, co-pilots, copilot, copilots, announcement, announcements, loudspeaker, captain, captains, mental health, self-esteem, self-confidence, ego, flight deck, flight decks, taking control, life, breakdown, breakdowns, divorce, divorces, split, splits, separation, separations, breakup, breakups, break up, break ups, break-up, break-ups, heartbreak, broken heart, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, family, families, family issues, family problemsChinese Whispers In The Boardroom
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board, boardroom, board room, exec, execs, executives, executive, breakdown, communication, communicate, communication skills, communicated, conference, confer, conference table, meeting, meetings, decision, decision making, decisions, decision making structure, structures, management, manager, managers, managing, chinese whispers, lost in translation, translation, jargon, jargons, jumble, jumbled, mix up, mixed up, misinterpret, misinterpretation, good communication, bad communication, corporate, big business, big businesses, management tier, effective, governancePinocchio's Second Realization
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puberty, teen, teens, teenager, death, dying, dead, die, died, growing, growing pains, growing up, real man, existential dread, existential, existential crisis, crisis, breakdown, breakdowns, spiralling, spiral, spirals, mental, mental health, ageing, age, mortality, mortal, time, reality, realism, realisticThe Jitters
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jitters, jitter, nerves, nervous, nervousness, jittery, beggar, beggars, begging, vagrant, vagrants, panhandler, panhandlers, panhandling, homeless, homelessness, homeless person, homeless people, begging cup, begging cups, breakdown, breakdowns, shakes, mental health, sleeping rough, living rough"I'm just worried the knots are the only thing holding me together."
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massages, masseuse, masseuses, masseur, masseurs, spa, spas, spa day, spa days, spar treatment, spa treatments, overworked, overworking, workaholic, workaholics, workaholism, stress, stressed, stressed out, tense, tense muscles, breakdown, breakdowns, falling apart, under pressure, modern life, modern expectations"If you were slipping inexorably into psychosis, you'd tell me, wouldn't you?"
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psychosis, marital problem, marital problems, mental health, mental state, mental illness, mental illnesses, marriage problem, marriage problems, wife, wives, husband, husbands, marriage problem, marriage problems, insane, insanity, mental decline, mental declines, breakdown, breakdowns, mental breakdown, mental breakdowns, communication, lines of communication, marriage problem, marriage problems"Have we really reached a point in our relationship where a heavy police presence is required?"
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marriage, married life, marriage issues, marriage problems, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, husband, husbands, wife, wives, couple, couples, fight, fights, argument, arguments, police, police officer, police officers, police presence, police dog, police dogs, gun, guns, keeping the peace, peacekeeper, peacekeepers, peacekeeping, keep the peace, s.w.a.t., swat, swat team, breakdown, breakdowns, relationship breakdownRecommended Tests for ages 21+
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age, ages, aging, ageing, grow old, grows old, growing old, getting old, break down, breaks down, breaking down, breakdown, breakdowns, decrepit, deteriorate, deteriorates, deteriorating, self-conscious, self-consciousness, full body scan, full body scans, checkup, checkups, doctor appointment, doctor's appointment, doctor's appointments, test, medical test, medical tests, medical testing"Well, get someone over here pronto—I can't afford to have thousands of dollars of useless equipment out of commission."
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business, businessman, businessmen, boss, bosses, executive, executives, exec, execs, manager, managers, management, office, offices, office life, technology, computer, computers, broken, out of commission, breakdown, breakdowns, it, i.t., information technology, equipment, office equipment, money, finances, tech, techie, techies, fixing, problem, problems, modern life"I'm from the future."
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future, possible future, climate change, global warming, decline, declines, declining, civilization, civilizations, breakdown, breakdowns, breaking down, economic collapse, economic collapses, time travel, time traveler, time travelers, time machine, time machines, time traveller, time travellers, time travelling, caveman, cavemen, societal collapse, nuclear holocaust, nuke, nukes, nuclear war, nuclear wars, science fiction, scifi, sci-fi