"And because small retailers don't have economies of scale to be able to order a lot of merchandise at once, they are not able to negotiate the best prices or offer the best deals to their shoppers."

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

It has to be small, and it has to be lipid soluble in order for it to pass through a cell membrane.

这些分子必须非常小,而且必须是脂溶性的,才能穿过细胞膜

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Savings and Loans are the same as Building Societies, but the idea--the original idea and also the general idea today -is that these are banks set up for small savers in order that they can buy a house.

储贷协会和建房互助协会是一回事,其初衷以及现在的一般理念是,这些银行的建立是为了,让小额储蓄者买得起房子

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What used to be a large french fry at McDonald's is now the small French fries and so a lot of people will order something, like they'll go to a restaurant and they'll say, well would you like small, medium or large?

现在小包的麦当劳薯条,过去曾是被叫做大包,所以当人们走进饭店,点餐的时候营业员问,你想要小包中包还是大包的薯条

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