Well, I thought, I've already lost half my job, I might as well go the whole hog and lose it completely.

嗯，我想，我已经丢了一半的工作了，我还不如彻底放弃算了。

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Although he has lost one arm, Zhang Jiacheng hopes never to lose his love for basketball or willingness to improve his skills of playing it.

尽管失去了一条胳膊，张家成希望自己永远不会失去对篮球的热爱，永远不会失去打磨球技的主动性。

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Because we do not rest, we lost our way.We lose the nourishment that gives us succor.

因为我们从不休息，以致迷失了方向。失去了为我们补充能量的营养。

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The road will bear more traffic, the area more people (at least 6, 000 workers will be needed for the dam building at its peak) and this part of Patagonia will certainly lose its remote, lost-in-time feel.

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Bankia - which lost 3bn euros last year and expects to lose 19bn euros this year - said it would shrink itself by some 50bn euros by selling assets to Sareb, and also by cutting back on lending and by selling off investments in Spanish industry, including a 12% stake in International Airlines Group, the owner of Spanish national airline Iberia and of British Airways.

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