If you're meeting with a new buyer or source, you should call around to your competitor and ask them if they're ever had dealing with them.

如果你和新买主或供货商会面，你应该打电话给竞争同行，询问他们是否和这些人打过交道。

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Out of the blue, Mrs Nash received a telephone call from Tamazin Simmonds - the assistant buyer for the film - enquiring about the handmade hazel and birch brooms.

纳什夫人突然接到电影助理采购员塔马齐·西蒙兹的电话，她询问有关手工制作的榛木和桦木扫帚的情况。

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GM's Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said on a conference call that any buyer of Saab could have access to GM technology.

通用汽车执行长瓦格纳在电话会议上表示，任何买方萨博能够获得通用汽车公司的技术。

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Conversely, when advance approval is sought and denied, the would-be buyer can call off the deal before too much water has flowed under the bridge.

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She hates never knowing when a real estate agent might call wanting to bring a prospective buyer to see the house.

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But calling on government to act aggressively as a buyer is easier to call for than it is to ensure actually happens.

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