So, it didn't mean that the English state wasn't efficient in collecting taxes, because they were more efficient than the French were in collecting taxes.

这并不意味着英国征税不力,因为他们的征税模式实际上比法国更有效率

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They probably succeeded in subduing some of their neighbors, collecting tribute--there's some controversy about that but in about 922 this kingdom divided into two smaller and lesser kingdoms that fell in importance.

也可能成功征服了周围的一些邻国并接受朝贡，但这点是有争议的,但约公元前922年，这个王国,分裂为两个更小更次要的国家,重要性当然也随之降低。

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In the case of life insurance, they developed actuarial tables that require a collecting of statistics.

就人寿保险来说，还需要开发出精准的表格,这需要收集很多统计数据。

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So we started collecting cereals and things like that from various countries, and found in this preliminary study, that it was the case, the American foods were sweeter.

我们从全球各地,收集了一些麦片之类的样本,研究发现,情况确实如此,美国的食品相对要甜一些

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The banker knows everybody in the community and when you're playing golf with the banker, it may go beyond just collecting information; the banker might have positive suggestions.

银行家认识圈里的所有人,当你在和他一起打高尔夫的时候,不仅仅能获取资讯,还可能会从银行家那获得建设性的建议

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This puts the British Government in an embarrassing situation of owning a failing mortgage lender, so they've got to now be the government collecting on all these mortgages; it's a mess.

承认其银行抵押贷款出现严重问题,着实令英国政府颜面扫地,所以现在不得不由政府出面,收购所有这些抵押贷款,真是一团乱

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