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[hiromichi]

What does "it",a last word below mean?

The engineer, Melissa Cleary, 47, who maintains and drives the fire engine and has worked for the department here for 16 years, said she felt that as a female firefighter working with men, "You can't mess up."

"The thing about the four of us being together," Ms. Cleary said, "is we can make mistakes and we can laugh at one another and you don't have to feel like you're never going to hear the end of it."
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Hiromichi

[Sirius]

It refers to making mistakes.

Assuming she made a mistake, some people would constantly remind her that she made a mistake and do what they could to not let her forget.

[hiromichi]

Sirius, Thank you. You mean I can rewrite as below setting a nuiance aside, don't you?

You don't have to worry that there will be mistakes again.
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Hiromichi

[Sirius]

It is not so much about the mistakes as people reminding her that she made them.

we can make mistakes and we can laugh at one another and people won't keep talking about the mistakes and reminding us that we made them.

An example of this could be:

You were supposed to drive somebody home but you forgot to wait for them.

After that, everytime you are together, you are teased about forgetting to wait for them.

It is possible that you never forget again, but people won't let you forget that one time.

[hiromichi]

Sirius, let me ask you further.

(A) (1) and (2) are conflicting examples. Right?

(1)"won't keep talking about the mistakes and reminding us that we made them.

(2)but people won't let you forget that one time.

(B) I can get the following sentence after rewriting. Right?

(3)You feel like going to hear the end of it.

(B') What does "the end of it" mean? Its result?

Your patience would be appreciated.
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Hiromichi