At some point the debt will be called in, and all those service—the things which the planet does for us for free—will grind to a halt.

在某一时刻，债务将被收回，所有这些服务——地球免费为我们做的那些事情——将慢慢终止。

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Growth would grind to a halt, and unemployment could nearly double.

增长将会停止，失业率可能翻翻。

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"If we fail to act, the gears of our economy will grind to a halt," said John McCain.

如果我们不采取行动，我们经济的齿轮将停止转动。

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As voters in the northern half of the island, known as the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus,go to the polls, its leader Mehmet Ali Talat has warned if he is defeated the current United Nations sponsored reunification talks will grind to a halt.

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Without the test animals, whole swaths of medical research would grind to a halt.

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But without political reform and the possibility of creative destruction, growth will grind to a halt.

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But on the current evidence don't expect America's recovery to grind to a halt.

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