要是英国集中精力搞基础设施建设和增加工作岗位而不是把钱浪费在削减增值税上，那么我们就会处于一个强得多的位置。

Had the UK concentrated on building up infrastructure and jobs rather than wasting money on the VAT cut, then we would be in a much stronger position.

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一开始，这笔钱用在了安全、流动性强的资产比如美国国债——1997 - 98年的亚洲金融危机还历历在目，许多国家都渴望积聚外汇储备。

At first these went into safe, liquid assets like American Treasury bonds-the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 was still a recent memory and many countries were keen to amass reserves.

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但相反，她只是试图通过假装和花很多钱(浪费)强撑门面。

Instead, she's trying to fake it and spending (wasting?) a lot of money to keep up the appearance.

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