But recent statements by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer have led some political observers to suggest that the White House and congressional Democrats may not be operating on the same timeline.

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You might have some people up here who are saving and other people down here who are dissaving and the production would be operating at the middle.

有人多储蓄,落在这点上,有人不储蓄,落在这点上,社会总生产力则在它们之间

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Or suffer a heart attack and be on the operating table for some number of hours and then, thanks to cardiac surgery or what have you,be resuscitated.

或是心脏病发，在手术室里经历数小时，最终被心脏外科医生救回来。

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We all know people who we thought to be our friends but we found out that they were talking behind our backs, or that they were operating to deceive us in some way or another.

我们都知道,原认为是朋友的人,却被发现,在我们背后讲坏话，或是想要,以任何方式欺骗我们之类的事情。

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