Bloom
Bloom verb - To produce flowers.
Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Common collocations
| time | bloom time | fail time |
Both words in one sentence
- In The Producers, the song "We Can Do It" has Bialystock and Bloom alternately singing about how their plan cannot and is sure to fail, respectively.
Source: Dark Reprise -
Zig-Zagged in the end; his and his compatriots' actual plan is for Bloom to fail to clear his name until after his execution.
Source: Film / The Life of David Gale - Apple Bloom gives these moments just as well, such as when the Crusaders fail to build a table, and in response to the coughing of a plant she grew
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