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paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

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straw

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to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

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Walter Benjamin

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nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown

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to change one's clothes

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drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

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suitcase

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sofa; couch

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young person; youth; young

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to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

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ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

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idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely

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refusal; rejection; denial; veto

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to have all the fun; to get the better part of the deal; to get the easy life

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opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

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to be elegant; to be graceful; to be refined

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never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means

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neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

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to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

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exclusive; attached to; specialist

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gambler

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or; otherwise

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shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection

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a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

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magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell

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holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

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largest class; top category

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person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession

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to put one's strength into

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to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

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to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

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a bundle; a hundred

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escort

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to perspire; to sweat

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prostitute

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to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play

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sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

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wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely

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five o'clock

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ruggedly; jaggedly; stiffly; choppy (e.g. graphics); lagged; clunky

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reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation

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dice; die

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to have luck on one's side; to get lucky; to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise)

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six minutes

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excuse; pretext

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to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

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playing alone

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Klondike (Canada)

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to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry

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