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ACT IV, SCENE VIII
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.]