In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate.

外表看来，我是个粗陋的玩杂耍老手，其实我既是变化无常的命运的一个牺牲者，也在不知不觉中成为了一个反派角色。

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The only resource left me WAS to run to a lattice and warn his intended victim of the fate which awaited him.

在无可奈何的时候，我采取了唯一的办法——奔到格子窗那儿警告他蓄意要谋害的那个人：他大祸临头啦！

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Voila! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate.

瞧！站在你面前的是一个卑微的杂耍老手，被无常的命运派来同时扮演受难者与施难者。

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Today, at 40, Muhammad Idrees is a nowhere man, a victim of unkind fate and hostile borders.

BBC: Muhammad Idrees: Abandoned by India and Pakistan

We get the dubious privilege of meeting the victim, Grace, shortly before she meets her fate, and she is one deeply dislikable dame.

WSJ: Film Review

This let them avoid the fate of Friendster, for example, an earlier entrant into social media that was a victim of its own success.

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