For many couples, spats are a necessary evil, something to endure or avoid (for the sake of the kids!)

对于很多夫妇来说，争吵是不可避免的，但总会尽量忍耐或避免(就算是为了孩子！)

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Mr.Obama also announced new help for California homeowners trying to avoid foreclosure.

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I don't know a word of Russian, and so I actually try to avoid using the rather well-known Russian equivalents for these terms because I feel like an idiot.

我不懂俄语，所以我不用俄语读,而就用这个英语中通行的俄语替代词,这样感觉是不是挺傻的。

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It's a way to avoid the argument; although, for what it's worth, I should mention I don't myself believe that it's false that we have free will.

这是回避这条论证的一种方法,尽管这条论证有它自身的价值,应该说,我个人认为,人有自由意志,并没有错

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His iPhone runs an application that lists species to avoid for health or environmental reasons.

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But rising temperatures have been especially hard to avoid for him and his peers.

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However, we concluded that there were far higher potential financial and, even more important, emotional costs to avoid for ourselves and our children.

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