"In that case," Dupin said, "take out your checkbook and write me a check for fifty thousand francs.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

It was very impactful to start a book that way because I doubt that hardly any readers actually write out a check on the spot to UNICEF; but if you don't, then you are in some sense responsible for the loss of 30 lives.

这是一个有力的开场白,因为我认为几乎不会有读者真的,会写张支票把钱寄给联合国儿童基金会,如果你无动于衷,那么你在某种意义上,要为那逝去的30个生命负责

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"There will be thousands of Tainos who will check the box and write the word Taino."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

If you can afford to write a check, then write a check.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

If I want someone to do the cooking, I have to write a check.

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There is nobody to whom you can write a check and increase your capacity.

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