As US banks recovered with the help of the American government and the American taxpayer, President Obama held meetings with top bank executives, telling them it's time to return the favor.

就在美国银行在美国政府和美国纳税人的帮助下复苏之际，奥巴马总统与银行高管举行了会议，告诉他们是时候让银行给予回报了。

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Having little understanding of natural causes, it attributes both desirable and undesirable occurrences to supernatural or magical forces, and it searches for means to win the favor of these forces.

由于对自然的原因了解甚少，它把所希望的和不希望发生的事情都归因于超自然的或魔法的力量，并寻找方法来赢得这些力量的青睐。

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Now someone has managed to return the favor.

现在有人设法报答恩惠了。

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"It was not difficult to agree between us that neither party is in favor of handing any more powers to the European Union."

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In the case of energy expenditure, how many calories people were burning, there wasn't quite such a difference, but again, it was in the favor of the individuals, that the people were estimating they burned this many calories from physical activity, but this is actually the number that they burned.

就能量消耗来说,人们消耗了多少卡路里,两者之间的差异并不是如此巨大,但又一次,由于人们的一厢情愿,人们估算从体育活动中,他们消耗了这么多的卡路里,但数据是他们实际消耗的

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Student: Wouldn't natural selection favor the people ? who learn all these things and then practically try to apply them?

学生：自然选择会不会垂青,学习并践行这些知识的人？

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Right-wing French terrorists reportedly tried to return the favor by attempting to sabotage Mattei's plane.

FORBES: Magazine Article

That said, our politicians are doing us the favor of opening up a broader discussion.

FORBES: The Fed, the Bailouts and the Useful Inquest

Music master Ray Charles returned the favor and took on one of Lennon's biggest hits.

NPR: Lennon Recalled as Soul Music Fan