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15 Cards in this Set
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stealing someone's thunder
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take credit for the idea of another
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witch hunt
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1692 companion against a particular group of people or Orthodox
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throw down the gauntlet
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knight ensuring challenge
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the muses
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goddess, inspiration
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Kafkaesque
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the metamorphoses Bizzar
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Tower of babel
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tower that would reach hevean itself confusion
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Pollyanna
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character in children's stories, usually optimistic
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Pavlov' s dog
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rang a bell, automatically respond to obey signal
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bedlam
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mental hospital, wildly chaotic
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the handwriting on the wall
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books of Daniel, doom or misfortune
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albatross around one's neck
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Coleridge, burdensome ongoing problem
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Prometheus
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stole some fire, resistance to authorities
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juggernaut
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Hindi diitv, destructive force
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red hearing
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hunting dogs, a way to distract some one from true understanding
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Pharisees
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Jewish, seed hypocrite
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