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take revenge for a perceived wrong
- I returned home feeling that I was fully avenged for everything.2.1 — Part 2 Chapter 1 (99% in)
- I came to you, meaning to thrash one of them, an officer; but I didn't succeed, I didn't find him; I had to avenge the insult on someone to get back my own again; you turned up, I vented my spleen on you and laughed at you.2.9 — Part 2 Chapter 9 (48% in)
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