Then they have to pay high prices to buy food for themselves during the "lean season,"

VOA: special.2009.11.17

And we pay a high price for it.

为此我们付出高昂代价。

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And we pay a very high price for this inability, for this refusal to accept the fact that it is part of human nature that is constrained, that is there no matter what.

我们为这种无能付出高昂代价，为拒绝接受,本性受约束，生而有之的事实，付出高昂代价。

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The House bill would raise taxes on high earners to help pay for the plan.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

They had to pay extremely high prices for everything they needed.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

She wants it to simplify the process to apply for public assistance and provide educational grants for students struggling to pay for tuition at high schools and colleges.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Republicans oppose a proposed surtax on high wage earnings to pay for the new system, and assert that plan amounts to a government takeover of health care that would be far more expensive than Democrats and the president project.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21