The profits allowed them to pay off their debts to the merchants in London much faster than expected.

所得利润使得他们能比当初预期更快地偿还欠给伦敦商贩的债务。

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Their new partners were expected to pay off their debts from rising share prices and dividends.

他们的新合伙人可以用上升的股价和分红支付他们的债务。

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This business, in which he has invested all of his savings, is expected to pay off very well.

他已把所有积蓄投入到了这一生意里；期待着能有好的回报。

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The huge airline marriages have taken longer than expected to pay off, he says.

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Some of the money will also be used to pay off their next winding-up order which they are expected to face on 17 November.

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Selling assets to pay off the bank debt, much of it due within a year, was tougher than Miller had expected.

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