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But, do you really want to be just a pawn..?

你难道想一直做小兵？

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"Hawaii is like a pawn in a chess game," he added.

“夏威夷就如象棋比赛中的一名小卒无足轻重，”他接着说。

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In a pawn transaction, the customer gets a short-term loan of about fifty to seventy-five percent of the value of an item.

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but the fact is they are intelligent, ambitious,motivated and to be just a pawn in the story of a whole bunch of men fighting it out,rolling around and getting down-and-dirty, while there you are just a vision in a tight cat-suit is just a boring thing."

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In chess, it is the equivalent of giving a pawn to capture a rook.

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"This is a pawn in the political fight between the players and the tournament directors, " he said.

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Krupen's practice is a pawn in a medical revolution that began in Washington.

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