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Ospreys at the weekend after injuring an achilles tendon on Saturday.— Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk
I don't care if it his achilles - I expect him to play.— Equal and Opposite
Aw me achilles - cripes - aw it hurts - Julia - bloody Paul and his banana ... lounges - no (PAUSE) I must take some responsibility (LONG PAUSE) - nar bugger that - bloody paul ... aw my achilles.— Equal and Opposite
United's failure to keep clean sheets has been their achilles heel.
The daughter of an ultimate ballet star, she sought to emulate her mother's success but snapped her achilles tendon in the middle of a show, thus having to give up the art.— Riuva : Research Institute for Unicultural Visual Arts

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