Old friends who have been racing against time all week are now finally making plans to meet at dinner.

与时间竞逐了整周的一些老朋友，现在已正计划在晚餐中聚旧。

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By making the announcement today, we're hoping to give you ample time to make your holiday plans with your families.

通过今天的正式宣布，希望能给你们充足的时间，与家人一起计划过节。

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But today the idea of “approximeeting”—arranging to meet someone without making firm plans about time or place, and then finalising details via mobile phone while out and about—is commonplace.

而现在“大致安排妥的约会”这个概念已是常识，它是指安排与某人会面却没敲定时间、地点，接着在外出时才用移动电话最后决定细节。

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Most of the tabloid headlines have been caught by Mr Straw's plans for night-time curfews for children under ten, and for orders making parents of delinquent children attend special parenting classes.

ECONOMIST: Straws in the wind

There are not thought to be any government plans to sell its stake in either RBS or Lloyds any time soon - both in the hope of making a larger profit as the bank continues to strengthen and the feeling that such a move could threaten the fragile banking recovery.

BBC: RBS half-year profits hit ?1.1bn