They went to all the expense of redecorating the house and then they moved.

他们不惜一切代价重新装饰这房子，可后来又搬走了。

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The English tourist of the early part of the century frequently went to considerable pains and expense to ship to the continent horses and coaches, the latter often luxuriously appointed.

19世纪早期的旅行者经常不厌其烦、不惜血本地将马和教练船运至欧洲大陆，而后者的雇佣成本通常很高。

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Some witty Thracian servant girl is said to have made a joke at Thales' expense — that in his eagerness to know what went on in the sky he was unaware of the things in front of him and at his feet.

一些机智色雷斯婢女据说是在Thales公司的费用是一个笑话- 在他急于知道什么地方在天空的，他是在他面前的东西不知道，在他的脚下。

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One of the occasions on which it went to the expense of hiring a taxi was to take Mrs Williams, pregnant with Gareth, to hospital.

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Charitable commitment (which averages 85%) calculates how much of total expense went to the charitable mission, rather than management, fundraising and certain kinds of overhead.

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Against all predictions they progressed to the last four at the expense of England and France, defeated Holland on penalties and went on to thump Germany 2-0 in the final - not a bad run for the whipping boys.

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