rien ne va plus
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When the ball is coming to rest the croupier calls out, "Rien ne va plus," after which no further stakes can be made.
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"Rien ne va plus," said the man in the centre.
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Sculpture is the only art that gives an imperious rien ne va plus to the imagination.
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They were new to me then; now I seem to recognise through the years the Anglo-French of his "rien ne va plus" and all the rest.
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"Rien ne va plus,"—the hateful words return to him with a pertinacity not to be subdued.
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