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broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens

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Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about

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nuclear bomb shelter

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being ruined; being spoiled; coming to nothing; complete loss of face

1

blanket

1

rocket; locket

2

spaceship

1

Moon landing; lunar landing

1

Mars (planet)

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bastards; guys; lads

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Jupiter (planet)

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Saturn (planet)

1

unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something

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should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

1

Pluto (dwarf planet)

1

solar system

1

Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy; galactic system; galaxy

1

big bang

1

(outer) space

1

to remove; to get rid of; to clear away; to tear down

1

begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing

1

chastity belt

2

your husband; her husband

1

child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete

1

mother

1

to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out

1

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

1

to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

1

if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)

1

bangle

1

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

1

panties; knickers

1

avant-garde

1

New Orleans

1

see you then; bye; ciao

1

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

1

easy; simple; plain

1

both (people); the two of them

1

while in class

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rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball

1

whichever one chooses; either way

1

Crenshaw

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in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for

1

Little Tokyo; Japantown

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carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone

1

Stefanie; Stephanie

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leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me

1

female cat

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discipline; training; teaching manners

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generous; magnanimous; open-handed; liberal

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