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    I added some cream to the sauce to try and make it taste less bitter
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    The demand for additional tax payments was a bitter pill
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Dismissal after all those years in the firm was a bitter experience
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Andrew felt bitter at not being selected as chairman
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    His bitter denunciation of other candidates lost him the campaign
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    A bitter gale lashed at the rigging