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The Thief and the Honest Man

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A THIEF who had brought a suit against his accomplices¹ to recover
his share of the plunder² taken from an Honest Man, demanded the
Honest Man's attendance at the trial to testify to his loss. But
the Honest Man explained that as he was merely the agent of a
company of other honest men it was none of his affair; and when the
officers came to serve him with a subpoena³ he hid himself behind
his back and wiled⁴ away the dragging hours of retirement⁵ and
inaction by picking his own pockets.

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1 accomplices
从犯，帮凶，同谋( accomplice的名词复数 )
参考例句：
He was given away by one of his accomplices. 他被一个同伙出卖了。 The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merIt'shall be rewarded. 首恶必办，胁从不问，立功受奖。

2 plunder
vt.劫掠财物，掠夺；n.劫掠物，赃物；劫掠
参考例句：
The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.贼把赃物藏在山洞里。 Trade should not serve as a means of economic plunder.贸易不应当成为经济掠夺的手段。

3 subpoena
n.（法律）传票；v.传讯
参考例句：
He was brought up to court with a subpoena.他接到传讯，来到法庭上。 Select committees have the power to subpoena witnesses.特别委员会有权传唤证人。

4 wiled
v.引诱( wile的过去式和过去分词 )；诱惑；消遣；消磨
参考例句：
The music wiled him from his study. 诱人的音乐使他无心学习下去。来自辞典例句 The sunshine wiled me from my work. 阳光引诱我放下了工作。来自辞典例句

5 retirement
n.退休，退职
参考例句：
She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。 I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

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