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not for the life of me

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not for the life of me
no matter how hard you try. I knew I had met her before, only I couldn't for the life of me remember where or when.
See also: life


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He did; and then it seemed to me that he was dogging us, but with what intent I could not for the life of me imagine.
I could not for the life of me conjecture what possessed the old gentleman, until all at once, availing himself of the temporary absence of the household, he went through a variety of of uncouth gestures, pointing eagerly down to my feet, then up to a little bundle, which swung from the ridge pole overhead.
But my troubles came when I entered the canyon beyond the summit, for here I found that several of them centered at the point where I crossed the divide, and which one I had traversed to reach the pass I could not for the life of me remember.
 
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