I did not buy stocks but know something about it. I said why the stock index now below 1 000?

我不炒股，但知道个大概，我说，什么，股市跌成三位数了？

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The man who came to fix my roof certainly did a number on me. He said he'd do the work for 1, 500 dollars but when he finished, he charged me more than 3, 000!

来给我修屋顶那个人骗了我，他起先开价1,500美元，但是完工后却要3,000多美元。

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“On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d say we were negative during the first half of the year, ” he said. “Now, we’re at 0.5 or 1 — not huge, but better, and definitely stronger than in the Americas and Europe.”

“如果从1至10分来衡量，我会说上半年我们是负数，”他说，“现在，我们在0.5或1的位置——不多，但好转了，而且肯定比美国和欧洲要强。”

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But a joint statement issued April 1 after the first meeting in London between presidents Obama and Medvedev said: "The relationship between offensive and defensive arms will be discussed by the two governments."

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The Department for Employment and Learning does not keep those figures but said about 1, 500 people have claimed a return-to-work credit in the past year.

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Across England and Wales, councils' spending power will be 1.7% lower, but KCC said it would lose 1.9%.

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But Mr Lansley said the 1, 000 respondents to the survey were right not to be satisfied.

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