Grates
Tries
Both words in one sentence
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Major Côtard complains about his quarters, tries (and fails) to order Bush around, and is generally haughty — this on top of the plain fact that he's French and everyone else is British grates on the crew.
Source: Series / Horatio Hornblower
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