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carry a torch

Maintain a quiet emotional interest in another.
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Listen my friend Gallopolis, you thought you had us fooled, we were all aware that you were carrying the torch for Magdalene much as would an Olympian.

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Submitted by WerterBuch on June 22, 2015

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