Be good

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Be good.

a departure response meaning "good-bye and behave yourself." Jane: Well, we're off. Be back in a week. Mary: Okay, have fun. Be good. Jane: Do I have to? Tom: Bye. Be good. Bill: See you next month.

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It is only another name for trying to be good, and the story may help us, for though we do want to be good, it's hard work and we forget, and don't do our best. Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context			be flat broke be flesh and blood be floating on air be flying high be footloose and fancy-free be for be for the asking be for the best be for the birds be for the faint-hearted be for the high jump be for the taking be fresh from be fresh out of be full of be full of beans be full of crap be full of holes be full of piss and vinegar be full of the joys of spring be game be going begging be going great guns be going spare be gone on Be good be grateful for small mercies be green about the gills be green with envy be gunning for be half bad be half the [dancer etc.] used to be be half the battle be half-cut be half-dead be hanging over be hard pressed be hard put be hard up be head over heels be heading for a fall be heavy going be hell on wheels be hell-bent on be hoist by own petard be home and dry be home free be honour-bound be hopping mad be hot off the press be hot stuff			be full of piss and vinegar be full of shit be full of the joys of spring be game be given be given be given a guernsey be given a guernsey be given a guernsey be given the axe be given the chop be given the gate be given the gate be given the gate be given the gate be given the rations be given the rations be given the rations be given to understand Be Glad To be gluttonous be going be going be going be going be going begging be going great guns be going spare Be Gone be gone on Be good Be Good Humans be good to Be Good to People Be Good, Do Good be governed by be gracious be graduated be granted a legacy be grateful for small mercies be grateful for small mercies be grateful for small mercies be greater be greater in value be greater in weight be greedy be green about the gills be green around the gills be green with envy be guarded be guided by be guilty of be guilty of infraction be gunning for be half bad be half the [dancer etc.] used to be be half the battle

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