Now we have the appalling spectacle of City brokers and merchant bankers block-booking seats in cinemas for their staff outings. God save us.

现在却出现了花旗银行经纪人和商业银行家们为员工活动成批预订影院座位的奇观，天啊！

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Those booking a block of seats get them at reduced rates.

那些一次预订大量座位的人可以享受折扣价。

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This time, Di Maria took out the middleman, intentionally handling the ball to block a Vallecano pass that resulted in his second booking of the match.

这次，迪玛利亚出任中场，故意手球阻止瓦列卡诺传球导致他被出示第二张黄牌。

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He told MPs that a "tranche" of hotel rooms had recently been made available after the cancellation of a block-booking by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (Locog).

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