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BARBERSHOP: The only place where you pay someone to talk about your life while they hold a sharp object near your throat.
Harmonious arrangements without instrumental backup
Group vocal performance traditions
Vocal music
A LIFE: A strange game where the goal is to collect memories while trying to forget the embarrassing ones.
Words that indicate an unspecified amount
Quantifiers expressing indefinite numbers
A handful of
PART ONE: The part that makes you excited for part two, which usually never comes.
Terms related to written works
Literary descriptors and divisions
Book subtitles
A NOVEL: A tree's sacrifice to tell us stories about people who never existed.
Common sentence endings with 'That's...'
Complete phrases when preceded by 'Such...'
___ is ___ (is ___)
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Hint: Vocal music
Hint: A handful of
Hint: Book subtitles
Hint: ___ is ___ (is ___)