That is,he asked his accountant to take a close look at the finances of my company and decide how much it was worth.

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I think one of the mistakes that I think you can make in a company is to build really close friendships.

我想在公司中人们可能会犯的一个错误是,建立非常亲密的友情。

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and we have a management company , but we're close to getting a deal.

我们有经纪公司，而且我们马上就要谈成一项合作了。

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For some others it might mean being basically restricted to the home, if not all the time, then the only exception being in public, in the company of a close-male relative as chaperon.

在一些别的地方可能意味着,基本上深居简出，即使不是一天到晚，也只有外出是例外，而且必须有一个男性近亲作监护人陪同。

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