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35 Cards in this Set
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penthouse
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overhanging roof
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make stand
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stand
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Venus' pigeons
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irreverent reference to the doves that draw the chariot of the mythological goddes of love, Venus
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obliged
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contracted
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ever holds
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is always true
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untread
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retrace
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measures
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paces
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younger
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younger son
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prodigal
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wasteful (the prodigal son of Luke 15, who "wasted his substance")
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scarfed
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adorned with flags and pennants
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overweathered
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weatherbeaten
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ribs
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timbers
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your patience
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please grant me your patience
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my long abode
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your long wairt for me
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father
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father-in-law to be
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strumpet wind
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gusty wind
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tongue
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sound your voice
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exchange
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change, through disguise, from woman to boy
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pretty
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ingenious, clever, skillful
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Cupid
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Roman god of love
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hold a candle
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illuminate
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good sooth
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in truth
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light
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unrespectable; illumied
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tis an office of discovery
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the function of torchbearing is to bring to light, or discover
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garnish
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dress, costume
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close
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dark, secretive
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doth play the runaway
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passes quickly
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albeit
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although
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by my hood
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a mild oath
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gentle
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gentile
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Beshrew me
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curse me (a mild oath)
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but
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unless
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gentleman
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Jessica in disguise
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presently
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immediately
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on 't
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of it
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