If you are due to be in a strenuous athletic competition, you are likely to give the other contestants a run for the money.

如果你是参加一个体育竞赛，你可以跟其他的参赛者来个现金比赛。

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I'm pretty sure I'm the only one, though Oprah could give me a run for the money if she ever decides to write another book and get into real estate.

我敢说我是唯一的一位，但若奥普拉决定写另一本书，并涉足房地产业的话，可能会成为我的劲敌。

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English spelling may be the most idiosyncratic, although French gives it a run for the money with 13 ways to spell the sound “o”: o, ot, ots, os, ocs, au, aux, aud, auds, eau, eaux, ho and ö.

英语的拼写或许是最特殊的。 虽然法语与英语也有得一拼，法语有十三种拼写组合发“o”音：o, ot, ots, os, ocs, au, aux, aud, auds, eau, eaux, ho还有 ö。

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But there's a relative newcomer giving the mayor a run for his money in a race that embodies the changes happening as young urbanites flock to northern New Jersey, looking for some relief from New York City's oppressive rents while still living in an urban area in its orbit.

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This year, 3D Systems gave the company a run for its money, in the form of the portable Cube (which employees were carrying strapped to their chests while walking the show floor) and the CubeX, with its enormous basketball-sized build platform.

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Though Darondo owes much of his style to Al Green, the track gives Green's best songs a run for their money: The song's every element is sublime, from the opening guitar line to Ray Dobard's sweeping string arrangement to Darondo's delicate vocals, which reveal a fragile vulnerability.

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