The Gilbreths were a real family. "Cheaper by the Dozen" was the name of a book written by two of the twelve children.

吉尔布瑞斯一家是个真实的家庭，“买一打更便宜“是由十二个孩子其中的两个写的一本小说的名字。

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Master Huang: Hmm. I think this must be a mistake. We ordered six dozen, not twelve dozen.

黄师父：喔，我感觉这儿有个错误。我们订的是六打，不是十二打。

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"Cheaper by the Dozen" was the name of a book written by two of the twelve children.

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An accomplished musician, Guthrie plays piano, harmonica, a six and twelve-string guitar and at least a dozen other instruments.

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"The Twelve" of the title are the dozen vampire-like creatures created in a secret government experiment gone horribly wrong.

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The basic premise that Brooks argues against is the notion that a software project that takes one person a year to complete (twelve person-months) can have its timeline shortened to a single month simply by staffing the project with a dozen engineers.

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