We must exert ourselves to catch up with them, or it would be too late.

我们要急起直追， 否则就太晚了。

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Some women simply like to test you to see how well you stand up for yourself; others just like to exert their own power.

有些女人仅仅想测试一下你有多么坚持自我；另外一些则仅仅喜欢执行他们自己的权力。

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The economic reverse is opening up spare capacity on a scale that will exert big downward pressure on prices even though the steep fall in the value of the pound has made imports dearer.

经济突变正在开启剩余生产力，其规模足以给物价下调施加很大压力，尽管英镑的价值斗降已经使进口商品更贵了。

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To clear up the mess, it said, the regional government offices, Whitehall's provincial outposts, should be beefed up to exert more local control.

ECONOMIST: English devolution

Now it is up to Arsenal and Manchester United to exert their authority and tell their managers to end this feud.

BBC: SPORT | Football | Premiership | A sad feud that two clubs must stop

The Syrians, who use the guerrillas to exert pressure on Israel, have no intention of giving up a valuable bargaining point in future peace talks.

ECONOMIST: An occupation Israel would love to end