I've hesitated to point this out, But I must now remind you that we Are in our current predicament because of your initial And totally inadequate deceit. I'm just trying to clean up after your mess.

我一直犹豫要不要说，但我必须提醒你的是，我们目前的窘境完全是因为你先前，理由相当不充分的欺骗行为造成的。我只是想替你收拾残局而已。

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Plenty of employees are finding themselves in this predicament, because many recession-wary companies that stopped handing out raises during the economic downturn are still hesitant to open their wallets today.

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