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"text": "When your dad gets home, he'll give you what for.",
"translation": "等你爸回家了，他就要給你點顏色看看。"
},
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"ref": "1968, Oliver!, 01:12:40",
"text": "- Fagin, I'm waiting."
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"（常與 \"give someone\"連用） 懲罰；批評"
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"text": "- Fagin, I'm waiting."
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