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and finallyA light news story reserved for the end of a bulletin when there is a lack of more important items; typically involving animals or other features supposed to be amusing.Rate it:

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aspostaEye dialect spelling of supposed to.Rate it:

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beginner's luckrefers to the supposed phenomenon of novices experiencing disproportionate frequency of success or succeeding against an expert in a given activity. One would expect experts to outperform novices - when the opposite happens it is counter-intuitive, hence the need for a term to describe this phenomenon.Rate it:

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Buckley's and noneA supposed two chances (probabilities), being Buckley's chance (meaning a very small chance) or no chance at all.Rate it:

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caught in the actTo be found doing something that you weren't supposed to be doing, while you're doing it.Rate it:

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com que caraHow am I supposed to...?Rate it:

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element of surpriseThe strategic advantage one has over one's opposition due to the supposed ignorance of the other party.Rate it:

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German goiterA protruding stomach, especially one supposed to be indicative of excessive consumption of beer.Rate it:

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German goitreA protruding stomach, especially one supposed to be indicative of excessive consumption of beer.Rate it:

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gottle o' geerImitating a ventriloquist's attempt at "bottle of beer", a phrase traditionally supposed to be difficult for ventriloquists to say.Rate it:

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in plain sightvery easy to see or notice especially when it is supposed to be hiddenRate it:

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loose lipsGossip; particularly where information gets around that is not supposed to.Rate it:

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meant tosupposed to, obliged to, ought toRate it:

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mind's earThe mental faculty or inner sense with which one produces or reproduces imagined or recalled sounds solely within the mind; the supposed organ within the mind which experiences such sounds.Rate it:

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one thousandUsed in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.Rate it:

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Peter Pan syndromeThe supposed psychological phenomenon of immaturity among some men and women, who, like the fictional character, remain childish and fail to assume appropriate adult social roles and responsibilities.Rate it:

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rise aboveTo ignore petty or trivial issues and do what one is supposed to; to act better than someone or something inappropriate.Rate it:

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se suponeit is supposed to be that wayRate it:

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se suponeit is supposed to be thatRate it:

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shoot off at the mouthTo disclose some information that was supposed to be secret.Rate it:

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suppose toMisspelling of supposed to.Rate it:

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supposed toRequired.Rate it:

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supposed toPermitted.Rate it:

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to be the cat's whiskersTo perform better than was generally supposed possible.Rate it:

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Toe the LineDo what you actually are supposed to do; obeying all the rules and regulations; one shouldn’t be disagreeingRate it:

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