Did those words mean that she must lose him now when they had just learned the lesson of life?

VOA: special.2009.11.14

I would bet all I have that he learned his lesson about gambling.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

"If there's one lesson that we've learned, it's that unfettered market where people are taking huge risks and expecting taxpayers to bail them out when things go sour is simply not acceptable."

VOA: special.2010.04.16

The town of Enterprise has applied a turn-of-the-century economic lesson, learned from an agricultural pest.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

In the process,he says, he learned an important lesson about baking and life.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16