I was invited to a children ball by a man high up in the business world.

我受一位商界高层人士邀请，参加一个儿童舞会。

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And it holds true to business buying from ball bearings, to semiconductors, to transportation and financial services.

而且，它还对一些商业采购行为有效用，不管是采购滚珠轴承、半导体，还是交通与金融服务。

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It's a big pestle, it stands just over a foot tall (about 35 cm), and the business end is a stone bulb, about the size of a cricket ball, and you can feel that it's been much used.

这根舂杵满大的，直立起来大概有一英尺高，约三十五厘米长，它的下头是一个大石球，板球大小，看得出被常年使用过。

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Now that they're playing ball with business barons, do Marciniak and Walvius miss their days on the hardwood?

CNN: 'Fire and ice' coaches take on business world

Maybe American Airlines won't go out of business by not playing ball with the complaint sites, but the small fry might have to pay attention.

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Now, business just has to play ball and get its act together by better organizing itself.

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