Why go to the expense of buying an electric saw when you can borrow one?

你能借到电锯，却为何去花钱买呢？

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I recommended buying an English-Chinese dictionary, which I thought would be of great help to your study.

我建议你买一本英汉词典，我认为它会对你的学习有很大的帮助。

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Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.

学习而不是看电视将帮助你获得更好的考试成绩，而节省五元钱而非买一个冰激凌意味着你可以买一本新书。

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We were always trying to make it; health care was an issue, buying food,the basic needs to care for her children,"

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And so there was a dispute and the pharmaceutical company sued the South African government to try to prevent their buying the cheap generic, as they saw it, pirated version of an AIDS drug.

因此这存在着纠纷,制药公司起诉了南非政府,以阻止他们购买这些低价的非专利药，在他们看来，这些都是盗版的艾滋病药。

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rather than buying them purely as an investment. But again, that would be...

而不是纯粹为了投资。但是，那样的话……

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People with a 'defined contribution' pension can simply hold off on buying an annuity.

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At that price, nearly everyone who reads would consider buying an e-reader, contends Burchers.

FORBES: The New Perfect E-reader Price: $99

On the sports end of things, the billionaire basketball fan plans on buying an N.

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