Breaks
Settles
Both words in one sentence
- When the dust finally settles at the end of the season, Mako breaks up with Asami amicably and hooks up with Korra.
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Like a drunken student on a night out in Manchester, he has failed in his kebab quest, and settles for a bowl of cereal, which, as the page image shows, is not only a disaster, but also breaks several scientific laws.
Source: Epic Fail / Western Animation -
An early '80s X-Men comic has Wolverine intending to beat some sense into Colossus after the latter breaks up with Kitty Pryde, but Wolvie settles for getting Colossus involved in a Bar Brawl
with The Juggernaut.
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