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And having "Mercury retrograde" as a go-to phrase to describe things going wrong can be pretty useful.
But dude-country: How would that have gone down?" He compares it to another go-to phrase of cultural criticism: hipster.
The go-to phrase was repeated again this week when a government memorandum showed Jones and her boyfriend, Tim Montgomery, were among 27 athletes Conte named as having received steroids from Balco.
It became a go-to phrase for mumbled or garbled explanations and the trump card in arguments, but this sort of overuse just desensitises us to the real issue which is that, yes, some men really do talk down to women.
It's the go-to phrase for purveyors of techno-hype.
That it is ably exposes how unwise is this go-to phrase for the perpetually sour.
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"Cabbage Patch knees," is one of my go-to phrases to describe the puckery, round areas above and around my kneecaps.
This is one of Kate's go-to phrases, and it sums up many of her observations about self-worth and its direct tie to financial wellbeing.
Armed with my three "go-to phrases" (I went with "I am strong, I am in control, I am capable"), six hours of music on a carefully curated Spotify playlist and a stomach full of pasta, I was ready to go.
You might learn that one person is always going to phrase every question as a question, and another person is going to phrase every question as an option.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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