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"I steeled myself for the hungry Sunday morning mob that would descend
in two hours."

I steeled myself for the on-stage performance later tonight.

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“The man’s a degenerate,” I said to Andy."

After the loss of her mother she was a degenerate.

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"I felt a ripple of crass laughter in the air."

The tension I was feeling was crass.

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"Then I mentioned my keen knack for
alphabetizing condiments, which was always a bonus, particularly when things
got busy, and how a restaurant storage closet should be properly organized to
take full advantage of the space."

I like many different condiments.

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"The term he used was “rabid perfectionism,”
which I felt was a bit much—but then Allen Feinman had no grip on reality
whatsoever."

He did a rapid covid test.

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"He was rabidly unaware, if the truth be known, like a benign
space creature visiting Earth with no interest in going native."

The medicine is benign in its affects and causes you no harm.