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It stands about (4 feet tall, 4-feet tall, 4-feet-tall, four feet tall, four-feet tall, four-foot-tall).
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4 feet tall
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4-feet tall
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4-feet-tall
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four feet tall
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four-feet tall
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four-foot-tall
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Three (teenagers, teen-agers) (who, whom) authorities say were playing with fireworks were charged Friday.
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teenagers, who
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teenagers, whom
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teen-agers, who
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teen-agers, whom
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Trouble erupted after the ceremonial (ground-breaking, groundbreaking).
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ground-breaking
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groundbreaking
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I am sorry that I can't (baby sit, baby-sit, babysit) for you.
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baby sit [two words]
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baby-sit
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babysit [one word]
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Hohmeister is the __________ .
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front runner
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front-runner
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frontrunner
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gunrunner
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Don't you just love the phrase "wholly owned subsidiary"?
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Insert hyphen between "wholly" and "owned:"
"wholly-owned subsidiary"?
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Move question mark inside quote marks:
"wholly owned subsidiary?"
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Leave everything as is.
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I waited a ____________.
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half hour
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half-hour
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Marvin is my ______________.
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half-brother
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half brother
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Ballack's play has been _____________.
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hit and miss
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hit-and-miss
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Instead, it's a game of ________________.
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one upmanship
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one-upmanship
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Buddy, you goofed up _________.
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big time
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big-time
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At last I'm working _________.
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full time
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full-time
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Make sure those photos are ___________, not color.
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black and white
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black-and-white
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He likes his eggs ____________.
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lightly peppered
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lightly-peppered
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He likes steaks ___________.
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well done
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well-done
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He likes his computers __________.
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user friendly
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user-friendly
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They decided it would be useless to _________ the old house without insulating it first.
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air condition
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air-condition
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One of them works _____________.
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full-time
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full time
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I have accepted an anchor position with ____________ WIMP in Peoria.
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NBC affiliate
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NBC-affiliate
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"It is not protecting the ____________ gas stations."
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mom and pop
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mom-and-pop
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Fewer of those students were _____________.
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learning-disabled
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learning disabled
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Man, he blew that field goal (big time, big-time).
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big time
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big-time
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Those fig-filled biscuits are (world class, world-class).
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world class
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world-class
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"Son," my mama used to say, "that Wayne Newton is amazingly (multitalented, multi-talented)."
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multitalented
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multi-talented
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I feel warmer now that they've revised the (wind chill, wind-chill, windchill) index.
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wind chill
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wind-chill
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windchill
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My stars, Alex! You're certainly (well informed, well-informed).
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well informed
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well-informed
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Is the hyphen correct?
He was referring to his learning-disabled son.
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yes
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no
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Is the hyphen correct?
That country store is chock-full of Southern artifacts.
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yes
-
no
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Is the hyphen correct?
They found the teddy bear impaled on a wrought-iron fence.
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yes
-
no
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Is the hyphen correct?
She's looking forward to the re-opening of the road.
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yes
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no
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Is the hyphen correct?
"I must be the front-runner," the candidate declared.
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yes
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no
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The trustees approved a (yearlong, year-long) study.
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yearlong
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year-long
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Old and new stand (side by side, side-by-side) in Santiago, Chile.
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side by side
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side-by-side
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"I asked Tony (point blank, point-blank)."
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point blank
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point-blank
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It will look like a (brand new, brand-new) store.
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brand new
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brand-new
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It's just part of the normal (give and take, give-and-take, given take) of negotiations.
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give and take
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give-and-take
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given take
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He had influence (big time, big-time).
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big time
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big-time
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I thought I had the rules down (letter perfect, letter-perfect).
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letter perfect
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letter-perfect
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She shared the day-old banana bread with her (co-workers, coworkers).
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co-workers
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coworkers
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Why, you have such (strongly held, strongly-held) beliefs!
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strongly held
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strongly-held
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Burned-out bulbs look (bush league, bush-league).
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bush league
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bush-league
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Fox is a (wholly owned, wholly-owned) subsidiary.
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wholly owned
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wholly-owned
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After a morning of classes, she goes to her job in the afternoon, then spends her evenings working as a (baby sitter, baby-sitter, babysitter).
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baby sitter
-
baby-sitter
-
babysitter
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Tonight I'll watch his children while he (test drives, test-drives) a Rambler.
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test drives
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test-drives
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The funds were donated to the (138 year old, 138-year old, 138-year-old) charity.
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138 year old
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138-year old
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138-year-old
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The Rattlers' rally ended after the next at bat. [It's about baseball.]
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at bat
-
at-bat
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The FSU history major works (part time, part-time).
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part time
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part-time
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The (10 year old, 10-year-old) doesn't flinch.
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10 year old
-
10-year-old
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Volunteers will (reenact, re-enact) the Battle of Natural Bridge.
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reenact
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re-enact
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She'll be a (high profile, high-profile) official.
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high profile
-
high-profile
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She would be an interesting choice for (vice president, vice-president).
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vice president
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vice-president
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The research is (cutting edge, cutting-edge).
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cutting edge
-
cutting-edge
-
TV cameras followed her as she (copy edited, copy-edited, copyedited) a newspaper story.
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copy edited
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copy-edited
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copyedited
-
Elections officials are ready to (head off, head-off, headoff) the errors that led to widespread ballot disqualification.
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head off
-
head-off
-
headoff
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"We've met them (head on, head-on, headon)."
-
head on
-
head-on
-
headon
-
"Shereka stepped up (big time, big-time, bigtime)."
-
big time
-
big-time
-
bigtime
-
They played ball in the (back yard, backyard, back-yard).
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backyard
-
back yard
-
back-yard
-
She works (full time, full-time) as a Subway manager.
-
full time
-
full-time
-
The weeds have grown tall on the (right of way, right-of-way) between the road and the sidewalk.
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right of way
-
right-of-way
-
He most recently worked (part time, part-time, parttime).
-
part time
-
part-time
-
parttime
-
He most recently served as (vice president, vice-president) of the grammar club.
-
vice president
-
vice-president
-
The organization advertises itself as (non-partisan, nonpartisan).
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non-partisan
-
nonpartisan
-
He represents a prominent conservative (think-tank, think tank, tank top).
-
think-tank
-
think tank
-
tank top
-
He said he has had to ____________ to be able to stay awake and on his feet.
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psyche himself out
-
psyche himself up
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psych himself out
-
psych himself up