For Sabre, the lost contract is a blow to its ego and reputation, and it's a lost opportunity for the bottom line.

对于Sabre而言，错失这项合约对其自尊和声誉都是一次打击，而且失去了提高利润的机会。

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To most listeners, the messages meant nothing but to the informed few, they could mean anything from 'blow up a section of railway line' at a given point, to 'a new SOE agent will arrive shortly'.

对于大多数听众来说，这些信息毫无用处，但是对于那些少数人来说，这可能意味着通知他们在指定点上“炸毁一节铁路”或是“特别行动局的特工马上要来了”。

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If this were in line with the Basel rules it would take the total ratio to 13.5%, easily enough to have dealt with the losses of Britain's worst blow-up, HBOS.

如果这项规定要跟巴塞尔协定挂钩的话，总比率会达到13.5%，这样很容易的就可以帮助英国哈利法克斯苏格兰银行挽回损失。

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Blow those and your line could get yanked.

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