Although many parents believe that paying an allowance for completing chores benefits their children, a range of experts expressed concern that tying allowance very closely to chores may not be ideal.

尽管许多父母认为，给做完家务的孩子零花钱对他们有好处，但是许多专家担心，将做家务和零花钱紧密联系起来并不合适。

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He recognized that Sanskrit, the language of India, was related very closely to Latin, Greek, and the Germanic and Celtic languages.

他认识到梵语，即印度的语言，与拉丁语、希腊语、日尔曼语和凯尔特语密切同源。

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For example, when the violinists play in an orchestra (管弦乐队), they must listen closely to what they are playing and ignore (忽视) the other sounds.

例如，当小提琴手在管弦乐队中演奏时，他们必须忽略其他声音仔细听自己在演奏什么。

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As a child,she would listen closely to the stories told by the adults in the town.

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And people who live more closely together are more likely to end up in romantic relationships with each other.

住得近的更可能,最后发展成为恋人。

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This actually relates very closely to what we discussed in class on Friday before the long weekend, and what we were talking about is the energy levels of multielectron atoms.

这实际上与,上个长周末之前的周五的课上,我们所讨论的内容有着密切的联系，当时我们在讨论,多电子原子的能级。

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Though most ETFs do trade very closely to their NAVs, discrepancies can and do happen.

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He listened closely to what the other musicians played and enjoyed listening to the struggle.

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The rest of the developing world is watching closely to see whether it can be solved.

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