他以进价的两倍价格出售了他的房子，因此他在这一买卖中得益了。

He sold his house for twice what he paid for it so he did well out of the deal.

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这位广为人知的慈善家，曾经把SunAmerica的业务卖给了AIG，这一买卖不仅帮助了他所居住的洛杉矶而且艺术品经销商也获益颇多。

A well-known philanthropist, he sold his SunAmerica business to AIG and the proceeds have helped not only his adoptive city of Los Angeles but the nation's art dealers.

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Focusing on one nutrient is a losing proposition, according to some people, but there are others who say that, nope some nutrients prevail over others and are highly important compared to other things that you might be concerned with.

对一些人而言,只关注一种营养的多寡,就像是一宗亏本买卖,是一叶障目的,但还有其他人说,不对,某些营养比其他营养更关键,而且相比其他,营养更应成为需重点考虑的部分

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The reason they call them boiler rooms is, if you are selling stocks by telephone there's no reason to rent a nice office, so you get the cheapest -so you put a whole bank of telephones in the cheapest place.

它之所以被叫做锅炉房是因为,如果通过电话进行买卖交易,你没有必要去租一间漂亮的办公室,于是你租了最便宜的出租房,然后在那儿放满电话

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