• asseverate
    DEFINITION: (verb) State categorically. SYNONYMS: assert, maintain. USAGE: They descended, passing the man with the pail, who again asseverated that he had let no intruder pass. Discuss […]
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Edge of reason

“reach for more” no idea why it makes me think of “living on the edge”

Anyway, the idiom for today is:
lose your edge

to lose the qualities or skills that made you successful in the past.
They’re still competing, but the old team being incomplete they lost their edge.

ps. What book is mentioned inthe title of this post (& what’s the polish translation for it?)

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