Never fight over a bill if someone else offers to pay; you can counter once, and then after that simply thank the person paying for the generosity and offer to pick up the TAB the next time.

不要为了谁付账而牵扯不停。你可以坚持一次，然后谢谢对方的慷慨大方，并且承诺下次你来买单。

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You can pick up your food at the counter.

你可以在柜台领取你的食物。

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The buffet is over there. You just move along the counter and pick out what you like.

自助餐在那边。你只循沿着柜台走，挑你喜欢吃的。

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Hewison recalls that one of the mistakes early in his career occurred when he failed to use stops and was trying to pick a counter-trend, or a top, rather than his current practice of trend-following.

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