A little forward planning at the outset can save you a lot of expense.

一开始就为未来作点打算能节约很多开支。

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I'll try to save him the expense of a flight from Perth.

我会想办法给他省下从珀斯过来的机票费用。

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Mark Hurd was out. Investigators said he had falsified expense records to hide spending on a woman who worked with H-P.

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So, here was a royal tomb closed forever and yet built at a fantastic expense and enormous kind of labor.

由此可见,这里曾是一个以惊人的财富,和巨大的劳动力建成的封存的皇家墓穴

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They're already paying for public transport, so it's just kind of a financial expense they could do without.

他们已经向公共交通付钱了，所以，那只是一笔没有必要的财务支出。

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That changes the nature of the expense from a personal expense to a business expense.

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The federal mandate transformed a voluntary expense into a compulsory one, increasing demand exponentially.

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Those left looking for work in the borough, often in low-paid service jobs, face long commutes or have to get a car, a big expense in a city with ultra-high rents, taxes and insurance costs.

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