IT IS GREEN IN THE ____
I walk after ____
I heard a dog ____
I did this on a ____


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park
dark
bark
lark

The expression:
"I did this on a lark"
...means to do something on a whim...
...or at the last minute and whithout thinking first.



I ask you to pack drinking glasses.
I say "Be careful. They can break.".
You are fastidious as you pack them.
Am I happy?

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Yes! Fastidious means to do something with great care and thought.
Should it not be slowtidious?
Yes. English is funny.

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