Linda Meeks put her head round the door. ‘I heard you shouting, Carly. You all right?’ ‘Of course I’m all right. I just got a bit aerated.’
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5 total sentences available.
Linda Meeks put her head round the door. ‘I heard you shouting, Carly. You all right?’ ‘Of course I’m all right. I just got a bit aerated.’
Source: wiktionary
BTW why are you so aerated about it? Is there never a space for your second car?
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I do not see why players get so aerated over this: do they really want to win at this game unfairly?
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I was risk averse at the best of times and due to Malcolm's infamous temper – and we are talking about the man who got so aerated over some missing sales figures that he actually passed out – I had taken it as my mission at work to eliminate risk completely.
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Closest matches include aerate, air, air-accessible culture, air-filled, air-incorporated.
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