One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead business partner.

一个圣诞夜，斯克鲁奇看到了他死去的商业伙伴雅各布·马利的鬼魂。

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At the end he slips in a little duet where the man having balanced his partner in a neck hold apparently strangles her and leaves her for dead.

结尾的部分，他避开了以往的那种男人扶着女人的脖子保持平衡的二人舞，而是让男人勒住了女人，并让她窒息死去。

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This only creates marital strain when the dead-ended partner fails to respond.

如果职业陷入困境的一方没能作出回应，就只会令婚姻关系紧张。

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Experts advise filing an estate-tax return to preserve the dead partner's exemption, in case the survivor receives a windfall.

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Police were called to shop worker Miss Foreman's home in St Helena Way on 12 March, after she was found dead by her partner.

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His previous breeding partner was found dead in a nest box last November.

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