Close-cut, loosely curly dark hair, large dark eyes. He was slight, maybe nine years old, and he looked oddly familiar.

那孩子理着平头，头发黑而卷，眼睛大又亮，外形瘦小，大约九岁左右，看起来眼熟。

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Just as large companies are having to cut back, so small businesses are being forced to close.

大公司不得不紧缩，小企业则被迫关闭。

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Our financial advisors and close friends advised me to cut our losses and give up.

我们的财务顾问和一些亲近的朋友建议我赶紧收手以减少损失。

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But then, there will be the jobs that are lost or not created because the sequester goes into effect -- around businesses that close -- small businesses that close or cut back, support services around them whether they're restaurants or barbershops and the like, that are affected and don't hire a new worker because there are fewer patronizing their businesses.

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The only first-half chance for the hosts fell to Australian Cahill, who scuffed his close-range shot straight at Hahnemann after Johnson's cut-back.

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After all, chancellors always say they are going to close loopholes and cut down on avoidance - Mr Osborne promised to raise a billion with such measures only a year ago.

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