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Idioms and Phrases

Also, liked to . Come close to, be on the point of. For example, We like to froze to death , or He liked to have never got away . This expression, now considered a colloquialism from the American South, dates from the early 1400s and was used several times by Shakespeare.

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They asked me,”Would you like to have him in full makeup?”

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��’s a musical you’d like to be in but you haven’t yet?

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"Fascism doesn’t like to be ridiculed; it likes to be feared," Myers said.

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Have you got any old photos from 53 Degrees and memories you would like to share?

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"We would like to thank the members of the public who provided assistance in the immediate aftermath of the collision and the police officers and paramedics for all of their efforts at the scene."

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