They understand that people may have to be realistic and make down-to-earth decisions.

他们了解到，有时人们不得不变的现实一点，不得不做一些务实的抉择。

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She says it tastes yucky, so nurses add sweetener to make it go down easier.

她说这吃起来很恶心，所以护士加了增甜剂，让她能吃下去。

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They make threats but back down at the first sniff of trouble.

他们起先气势汹汹，但一看情形不妙立刻软了下来。

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It took the government to step in last year and get things moving by giving potential home-buyers cash to make down-payments on homes, cash for clunkers to buy new automobiles, cash to financial firms that was used for trading to bid up the price of stocks and commodities.

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"We're having to come down from above - make our way down rather than make our way up, with the collapsed staircases that are in a lot of them, " Mr Jewell explained.

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Google hopes to make money down the road, but never by asking consumers to pay.

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