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keep your composure
Definition
to calm someone or settle something
- Instead, he focused on what she had just said and regained his composure.6. A Piece of Pi (37% in)
- Mack nodded, relieved and a little chagrined that he had again allowed himself to lose his composure.8. A Breakfast of Champions (59% in)
- Mack struggled to retain his composure.11. Here Come Da Judge (29% in)
- Mack struggled to maintain his composure.12. In the Belly of the Beasts (8% in)
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- A fractal .... something considered simple and orderly that is actually composed of repeated patterns no matter how magnified.9. A Long Time Ago, In a Garden Far, Far Away (8% in)
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