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Apple of My Eye

See if you can imagine an appropriate situation for these phrases, all taken from the English Bible published in 1611 and all still used in everyday speech.

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11. [Absolom] stole the hearts [of the men of Israel].

2 Samuel 15:6

12. A man after his own heart.

1 Samuel 13:14

13. Thou art the man!

2 Samuel 12:7

14. A labour of love.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

15. The race is not to the swift.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

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