They have kept to the bloated budget and might even hand something back to the Treasury.

他们已经控制住了膨胀的预算，并且似乎甚至可以返还一部分给国库。

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You have a list if things you know you should do but instead you decide to check facebook, read a newspaper or do something else that is unrelated to the task at hand.

你知道你有一堆应该要干的活儿，但你就是不做。 你决定逛逛人人刷刷微博，读张报纸或是干点与手头任务毫不相干的事儿。

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Once they realize that there's more to money than just spending on whatever their latest impulse is, they'll want to buy something larger than the amount they have on hand.

一旦孩子们意识到比起将钱用到最近一个突如其来的念头上，钱还有跟多的用途时，他们就会想要去买一些大于他们手头上物品价值的东西了。

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In other words, I think of something and that thinking of something corresponds to a sound image that I have ready to hand for it.

现在，我们来想想,一个词和它所对应的声音形象,我已经画出来了。

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