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On the Mend
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:& J9 i9 G) g7 B, D4 o& e
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness. , } F1 J+ | [- w4 h
b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.
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I learned this on the cartoon The Simpson's, when Bart faked the sickness to avoid another failuer in his Grade 4 tests that would qualify him for moving foward to Grade 5. |
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