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I'm afraid I set some kind of record for demerits.
"I was always getting my name on the board for demerits.
No one wants to get a demerit the first day back."
The demerits you get on the way will only serve to encourage the learning process, I'm sure.
The final demerit, and both girls were to suffer it.
"She is, and you had better pay attention to the demerits.
Why don't you have to march off demerits like the rest of us?
The kids had to work off their demerits on garbage detail.
Boys held different ranks and received demerits for bad behavior.
He already had several demerits for shooting prisoners out of hand.
But there were, he was beginning to think, certain demerits in complete openness.
"And the serious demerit that no one would believe you," Les said.
To achieve a high level of discipline, there is a demerit point system.
In the past season and a half, however, Martin has hardly been issued a demerit.
I shall try to judge it on its merits and demerits.
She almost felt as if a teacher was going to burst in and give them demerits for being out of uniform.
"Never let it be said I earned you any demerits.
But trade and credits should stand on their own merits or demerits.
He used the ones with the most demerits, because the task was going to be hard and unpleasant.
Usually, demerits are dealt with each evening before we retire.
By the end of the demerit it is full.
"We got demerits for that and talking during class."
A single demerit is worth ten minutes of continuous punishment.
The agreement also did not cover demerit goods such as tobacco.
Students who acquire a certain number of demerits in a semester are limited.