It seems odd that the prime minister has leapt from the over-generosity of the current model to the blunt hand-outs of his preferred one.

英国首相布郎情愿不要目前大方的，而选择碍手碍脚的补贴模式，令人奇怪。

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Gaza court run by Hamas then ordered the assets unfrozen and police were dispatched Monday to enforce it, putting them in the odd position of barging into a bank and asking it to hand over the dough.

后来由哈玛斯管理的加萨法院下令资产解冻，警方也在周一获派执行这道命令，导致他们陷入闯入银行并要求对方交钱的窘境。

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It's an odd time to grocery shop-saturday night, just before closing-but the store is full. Santa-capped employees hand bags of fruit to a stream of customers.

其实在周六晚上、商店即将关门的时候来逛商店还真是挺奇怪的，不过里面的人还是满满的。戴着圣诞老人帽子的工作人员向如织的顾客递上一袋袋的水果。

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In a city where optics usually mean spying into a neighboring apartment, my habit over the last few weeks of keeping a pair of binoculars close at hand has earned me some odd stares (and a bit of accusatory grumbling from Forbes editor Michael Noer).

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The story highlights a series of odd tests like the potential boss holding your hand to bring you into the interview room and then asking you about it.

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It might seem odd for BP to shun the fuel at hand in favor of a long-distance solution.

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