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Like The Bird That Catches The Worm

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adjective

• at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

• being or occurring at an early stage of development

• of an early stage in the development of a language or literature

adverb

• during an early stage

• before the usual time or the time expected

• in good time

adjective satellite

• belonging to the distant past

• very young

• expected in the near future

38%5 "The early bird catches the worm", e.g.
noun

• a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

34%5 [Give me the worm! Give me the worm!]
noun

• the short weak cry of a young bird

verb

• make high-pitched sounds

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