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quid pro quo
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    It might be some kind of quid pro quo situation.†  (source)
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    The motive for the murders, for example — she puts it down to wild jealousy on the part of Grace, who envied Nancy her possession of Mr. Kinnear, and lechery on the part of McDermott, who was promised a quid pro quo for his services as butcher, in the form of Grace's favours.†  (source)
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    Sir Basil Charleston, chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service, was a master of the quid pro quo, occasionally offering to share sources with his wealthier cousins and a month later asking for something in return.†  (source)
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    A game of quid pro quo.†  (source)
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    The old quid pro quo.†  (source)
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    A quid pro quo, as he would say.†  (source)
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    Quid pro quo.†  (source)
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    I no longer believe this is a quid pro quo universe—I've counseled too many prisoners, worked with too many failed marriages, faced my own dilemmas too many times, and been loved gratuitously after too many failures.†  (source)
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    How do you make sense of that The most logical explanation is that the wrestlers made a quid pro quo agreement: you let me win today, when I really need the victory, and I'll let you win the next time.†  (source)
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    M. Gillenormand had not accepted the quid pro quo.†  (source)
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    "That would not be a reward in the eye of the law, interrupted the attorney—" not what is called a 'quid pro quo;' nor is the pocket to be considered as an agent, but as part of a man's own person, that is, in this particular.†  (source)
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    Quid pro quo?†  (source)
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    Quid pro quo.†  (source)
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