Somewhere along the line, holiday tipping went from an optional thank-you for a year of services to a Mafia-style protection racket.

一路走来，节日小费从对一年的服务表示感谢的选择变成了黑社会性质的勒索保护费。

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Can you imagine the racket made by a line of empty trailer trucks rolling along cobblestone streets?

你能想象出一队空的拖车卡车在卵石路上行进所发出的噪音吗？

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How longtime should the line be on the racket?

羽毛球拍上线要多长时间？

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Radwanska dropped a hand off of her racket and cut a slice down the line.

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Williams turned angrily to shout at the line judge and gesticulated with her racket.

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There is a line in the film where Richard Griffiths' on-screen "daughter" is practicsng the piano in another room and making a racket where he says, "Not now, Veronica" and that line has become a family line for us.

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