My friend Jane was in a taxi in New York City one day when the driver became embroiled in a battle of words, and nerves, with another cab driver who had cut in front of him.

我的朋友简有一天在纽约乘出租，她的司机同一辆插在他之前的出租车驾驶员发生了言语上的冲突。

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So he has gone to battle with those closed professions like taxi drivers and pharmacists and lawyers.

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