After all, it is no use serving up TV dinners if the kids won't eat them.

归根到底，如果孩子们不肯吃，就是端上即食快餐也没有什么用。

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One of the more innovative uses was to use it in windows as, up until then, they had just been holes in walls.

其中一个更具创新性的用途是把它用在窗户上，因为在那之前，窗户还只是墙上的洞。

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It ties up cash we could put to better use elsewhere.

它占用了我们可以更好地利用的现金。

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Short-term goals: These ought to be a series of frugal experiments that generate learning the start-up can use to adjust what it does on the way to its long-term goal.

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For another 553 goods--particularly those that cause pollution and use up a great deal of energy--it eliminated the rebates completely.

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One-third use it to look up local restaurants and clubs.

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