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Rocket to the Moon choose

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[US] C. Odets Rocket to the Moon Act I: I don’t chew my cabbage twice, Miss Cleo.
at boil one’s cabbage twice (v.) under cabbage, n.2
[US] C. Odets Rocket to the Moon III i: Let us chew some brass tacks.
at chew, v.
[US] C. Odets Rocket to the Moon II i: frenchy (scornfully): I’m not sure what’s going on in your fertile brain, Juicy Fruit ... But you stripped your gears with me [...] stark: Don’t mind him – he’s peculiar.
at juicy fruit, n.1
[US] C. Odets Rocket to the Moon III i: You like to choke me? Do it ... put your two hands on my old guzzle and squeeze!
at guzzle, n.
[US] C. Odets Rocket to the Moon III i: I tinker with my motors, the little boat and the jalopy.
at jalopy, n.
[US] C. Odets Rocket to the Moon III i: Since when do we sneeze at eighteen dollars?
at sneeze, v.1
[US] C. Odets Rocket to the Moon II i: You know you tell stories, Cleo.
at story, n.
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