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They settle in Washington with the wife's wealthy mother and brother, though a boarder residing in the manor is immediately suspicious of the newcomers and spends an awful lot of time down at the German Embassy playing poker.

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Strategy is choosing the game we're playing.

And there's few things more thrilling than playing a song for the first time in front of an audience, especially when it's half-finished.

and I said "I'm playing the cello and I'm doing a bit of singing," and he said, "Oh, I sort of play the cello as well."

And the school cow is trying to figure out how to replace the lawnmower on the playing field.

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