When politicians mess things up, it is the people who pay the price.

政客们把事情搞砸时，承受损失的是老百姓。

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By tradition, it is the bridegroom's parents who pay for the wedding.

按照传统，由新郎的父母支付婚礼费用。

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The vast majority of American parents who pay allowance tie it to the completion of housework.

绝大多美国父母把给零花钱同做家务挂钩。

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He earned a little money by serving as a model to artists who could not pay for a professional model.

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He was frustrated because he just lost a sale of a $2000 piece of glass that he had just made because the woman who wanted to pay him only had a credit card and he couldn't accept credit card.

他很沮丧,因为他刚刚失去一次将玻璃艺术品,以2000美元卖出的机会,有位女士想要买他的艺术品,但是只用信用卡付账,但他不愿意用信用卡交易。

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He was simply a youth tremendously excited with life and though he was a con man he was only conning because he wanted so much to live and get involved with people who would otherwise pay no attention to him.

狄恩属于那种对生活充满激情的年轻人,虽然他还是个很自信的骗子,这是因为生活中他希望得到的东西太多了,他希望能引起人们的注意。

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T-Bills are purchased by Depository Institutions, who pay for them with Excess Reserves, or Vault Cash.

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Those who pay by cash and cheque every quarter will see prices rise by 1.4%.

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The 1.2 million people who pay to see them each year are none the wiser.

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