Schaeffler, a family-owned firm that makes bearings, was almost felled by the loans it took on to take over Continental, a car-parts company three times its size.

从事轴承生产的家族企业，舍弗勒公司，在收购了规模相当于自己三倍的汽车零件大陆公司之后，几乎被巨额贷款击倒。

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Another limitation on the size of breasts would be that the larger they get, the sooner that gravity will take its toll over time.

还有一个限制则是一对东西长得越大，就越是难以让它们保持对称。

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It was "inevitable" that China would take over on account of its size, he said.

他表示，中国由于其规模而“不可避免”会赶超。

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Schaeffler, a family-owned firm that makes bearings, was almost felled by the loans it took on to take over Continental, a car-parts company three times its size.

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Roasting a whole chicken can take well over an hour, depending on its size, but simply roasting small bone-in pieces of a broken-down bird, as is called for here, takes half an hour or less.

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