The goldsmith might also write notes promising so much gold and not promising the return of any particular item of gold.

这个金匠会写下票据，保证归还一定数量的金子，但是不保证归还某个特定的金器。

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Too many promising ideas on paper never become anything more than... promising ideas on paper.

太多的纸上谈兵也只能成为…纸上谈兵。

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Instead of mocking he began to promise, and in a little while he was promising everything that his rival was promising, and a good deal more.

他不再嘲笑，转而开始承诺；眨眼之后，他就在那许出其对手许出的所有承诺，还许出更多其对手没有许出的诺言。

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Instead of mocking he began to promise, and in a little while he was promising everything that his rival was promising, and a good deal more.

他不再嘲笑，转而开始承诺；眨眼之后，他就在那许出其对手许出的所有承诺，还许出更多其对手没有许出的诺言。

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