1. Make sure you have got hold of your victim before you give him a
chance to cool off. 2. Give me time[1] to collect my thoughts and I
will let you know my answer. 3. People wear soft shoes when they go
into a powder-magazine. 4. There was a grand final display to those
fireworks. 5. Mark my words: Gratitude is a crushing burden for fools,
and even[2] for many clever folk. 6. I am not developing a paradox; I
am only giving you a piece of sound advice. 7. You would be making
a mistake to take any other course. 8. I have made blunder after
blunder; but do not give me away. 9. I took a tumble, not on purpose
at all, which[3] humbled my pride. 10. His first exploit was a
masterpiece.
[1: Tr.«the time.»]
[2: même.]
[3: ce qui.]
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