Along for the Ride

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In an attempt to be conciliatory, I said...

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"Okay," I said, picking some gravel off my elbow, "now you're really being condescending."

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How can she be a woman, not to mention a mother, and condone this sort of thing?

2 meanings, 2 uses

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It was like being in a carnival fun house, but with a copious amount of hair gel.

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He was still exhausting them, albeit from another continent, wandering around Europe and sending only the occasional e-mail detailing yet another epiphany concerning what he should do with his life, followed by a request for more money to put it into action.

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Mom doesn't exactly know about my nocturnal habits.

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But years from now, when you're feeling nostalgic about this summer and yet can't really reminisce because of a lack of documentation, don't blame me.

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Every time I overheard her going on in such detail about stuff like this, the nuances of different brands of flip-flops, or the pros and cons of boy shorts versus bikini bottoms, it seemed like such a waste.

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"Fine," my dad said, and instantly I recognized his tone, put upon and petulant.

2 meanings, 5 uses

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She was still reading my cards as she said this, and I felt the familiar twinge I always experienced whenever anything I did was suddenly under her scrutiny.

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For the next two hours, I immersed myself in Heidi's books, more grateful than ever for the dependability and static nature of numbers and calculations.

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...then arranged my face to as stoic and unbothered an expression as I could manage.

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Beside me, Eli just stood there, the awkwardness tangible, something solid you could feel.

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