Keep a small notebook handy, and every time you get an urge to buy something, practical or not, put a little tally in the notebook.

手边放一个小笔记本，每次你想去买什么东西的时候，无论要买的东西是否合理，在小笔记本上记下帐。

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One of the key trends is that the number of new bidders is still increasing and many of them are not afraid to buy something that, a few years ago, would have been considered a little off-beat.

如今重要的趋势之一，是新参与竞拍的人数仍在增加，其中许多人都不怕购买一些几年前还被认为有点土的汽车。

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It would make me happy if you would buy yourself a little something with my check.

假如你能用我的支票，为你自己买点小东西，我会很高兴。

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Big city dwellers do the same thing only in reverse when they take a drive into the country to shop in a quaint little town in search of something unique to buy or an off-the-beaten path restaurant.

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There's still no word on when we might be able to buy some of the stuff for our home computers, or when it'll be able to hold something a little more impressive (like maybe a whole post), but we're guessing it'll be well into the next decade before your Three 6 Mafia MP3 collection starts ridin' spinning electrons that don't stop.

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