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Just rewatched Taken with Liam Neeson after years. The grooming, trafficking, racketeering, drugs & prostitution in the film is exactly what Pakistani Muslim grooming gangs have been doing across the UK.

Neeson’s line hits hard.

“You come to this country, take advantage of the system & think because we are tolerant, that we are weak & helpless. Your arrogance offends me.���

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"See how fast you are getting better at the piano? Practice makes perfect." (*idioms*)

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If you want to become great, then you should practice as much as possible. http://www.goenglish.com/PracticeMakesPerfect.asp (*idioms*)

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Practice Makes Perfect (the more you practice, the better you will become ...) http://www.goenglish.com/PracticeMakesPerfect.asp (*idioms*)

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When people you care for are away, you miss them and think about them often, and that feeling makes you want to be with them even more.

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"You miss your parents when you are way from home and are glad when you see them." Reply: "It's true. Absence makes the heart grow fonder."

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The time you spend away from someone you love ("absence") makes you love that person even more ("the heart grows fonder").

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The word "absence" means to be away. To "grow fonder" is to care more. (*idioms*)http://www.goenglish.com/absencemakestheheartgrowfonder.asp

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"Time we spend apart has been good for us. Absence makes the heart grow fonder." http://www.goenglish.com/absencemakestheheartgrowfonder.asp

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"Absence makes the heart grow fonder"(*idioms*) means that the time you spend away from one you love makes you love that person even more.

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Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (the time spent apart makes you care for a person even more...) is Today's GoEnglish.com Idiom

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"I can't believe we lost my favorite toy!" Reply: "Oh, stop crying over spilled milk (*idioms*). You have many other toys to play with."

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Parents often tell their children to stop crying over spilt milk. (*idioms*) http://www.goenglish.com/CryOverSpiltMilk.asp

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Crying over spilled milk (*idioms*) is not useful because the thing is already lost.

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"Well, the car is ruined and it's too bad, but there's no use crying over spilt milk (*idioms*). We're going to have to get a new car."

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There is no reason to keep complaining over the loss. http://www.goenglish.com/CryOverSpiltMilk.asp

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When milk has been spilled, it is wasted and cannot be used. http://www.goenglish.com/CryOverSpiltMilk.asp

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"We came so close. Really. We almost won that game!" Reply: "There's no use crying over spilled milk." (*idioms*)

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To cry over spilled milk (*idioms*) is to remain upset about a past loss.

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Crying Over Spilled Milk ( complaining about some past loss ... ) is today's GoEnglish idiom http://www.goenglish.com/CryOverSpiltMilk.asp