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The clerk $wiped\ the\ nose$ of his employer by submitting a false bill and was dismissed from his job.
The clerk $wiped\ the\ nose$ of his employer by submitting a false bill and was dismissed from his job.
- ACleaned the nose
- BCheated
- CAbused
- DSlapped
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There has been $bad\ blood$ between the two communities even before shouting.
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