My first reaction to Best Buy's closure of its nine branded stores in China was: not again.Another retailer had leapt into the Chinese market - and fallen on its face.

当我得知百思买关闭在中国的九间品牌店时，我的第一反应是：怎么又出现这类事了？一家零售商再度进军中国市场，却又再度摔个人仰马翻。

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Even stocks that have fallen may still show gains since the date of purchase, so people who sold during this year's market declines may still face capital-gains tax.

甚至出现下跌的股票从买进日算起可能仍是上涨的，因此在今年的股市下跌中卖出股票的人可能仍要缴纳资本利得税。

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When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the LORD! They took Dagon and put him back in his place.

次日清早，亚实突人起来，见大衮仆倒在耶和华的约柜前，脸伏于地，就把大衮仍立在原处。

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The poorest countries continue to face high food prices, which have fallen elsewhere.

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Face - Has their face fallen on one side?

BBC: Stroke campaign by pharmacists to cut number of victims

"We've fallen off the face of the AltaVista world, " sighs Klemm.

FORBES: Net losses

Mr Barroso was given the job only after all the other candidates had fallen away in the face of objections from one side or another.

ECONOMIST: European Commission