Even you, Nelly, if we have a dispute sometimes, you back Isabella at once; and I yield like a foolish mother: I call her a darling, and flatter her into a good temper.

甚至你，耐莉，假使我们有时候争执，你立刻向着伊莎贝拉，我就像个没主见的妈妈似的让步了——我叫她宝贝，把她哄得心平气和。

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Air traffic controllers have begun a three-day strike in a dispute over pay.

空中交通管制员在一场薪酬纠纷中开始了为时3天的罢工。

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But realistically, in the United States, this dispute would have yielded a civil suit, not a criminal action — since, in practice, state prosecutors leave these matters for civil actions.

但实际情况是，这一纠纷在美国只会导致民事诉讼，而不是刑事诉讼。因为在实践中各州检察官已经将其划归民事诉讼。

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Eritrea's relations with the international community have deteriorated in recent years amid President Isaias Afwerki's refusal to cooperate in a border dispute with Ethiopia.

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I don't think I have a clearly defined position which makes me different from some parties to the dispute, whether it's political or cultural or religious.

但我不认为自己有一个特定的立场,将我和其他人区分开来，无论是从政治上，文化上还是宗教上。

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The two countries have created a cabinet-level group in hopes of resolving the dispute soon, but Gabe expects the debate to drag out for months, while Japanese leaders try to find common ground.

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If you know you have a dispute, you have a much better argument you are preparing documents for the specific purpose of litigation.

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If you have a dispute that's creating a logjam that will not allow this extension to pass because of an ideological dispute, preventing 74, 000 people from working, you remove the problem.

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They didn't have a dispute, McCarthy said.

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