The British are supposed to be famous for laughing at themselves, but even their sense of humour has a limit, as the British retailer Gerald Ratner found out to his cost.

英国人本应以自嘲著称，但就连他们的幽默感也有限度，英国零售商杰拉尔德·拉特纳在付出一定的代价之后才明白了这一点。

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We have basically farmed out the negotiations to technical people and most of them are at the limit of what we can agree to.

我们基本上把谈判交给了技术人员，而其中大多数谈判已经达到了我们所能同意的极限。

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On distribution roads, where side impacts are likely - when a car might ram into the side of another that is pulling out of a side road, for instance - the limit should be 30mph (50kph).

在容易发生侧面碰撞的快捷干道上，汽车很容易冲撞到正从岔路口进入的车辆，在这样的路上时速应低于30英里(50千米)。

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We need to raise the Social Security age, toughen up disability standards to reflect 21st-century jobs, limit out-of-control medical testing and cut drug costs so that the U.S. is not the highest-paying nation.

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All the cost-sharing policies had a maximum upper limit on out-of-pocket spending meaning once a family spent 10 percent of income on health care, the policy paid 100 percent of remaining medical bills for the balance of that year.

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By the way, do let me know if you run a small business and you have been told out-of-the-blue that your overdraft limit has been increased, with no increase in charges.

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