While many take their meals on U.S. bases there that serve American-style food, those sent to villages and neighborhoods quickly learn about lamb, flat bread, and the ubiquitous chickpea.

虽然很多士兵在美军基地吃着美式食品，但那些被派到农村和街道的士兵很快就对羊肉、大饼和无处不在的鹰嘴豆有所了解。

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While this fearsome creature hunted meat, not far away another newly found type of croc with a wide, flat snout like a pancake was fishing for food.

这种令人恐惧的动物猎食肉类，它和新发现的另外一种鳄鱼相距不远，那种鳄鱼拥有宽而平像煎锅一样的吻，捕鱼为食。

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Excluding food and energy prices, which are particularly volatile, so-called core inflation was flat, at 0 percent.

除易波动的食品和能源价格以外，所谓的核心通货膨胀率持平，为百分之零。

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The tribesmen hurry. Their loads are heavy and their stomachs flat from little food.

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But if the population stays flat, food production would have to rise by only a quarter.

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Also, in a flat basic food market, clothing sales increased 10%, and small electricals were up 24%.

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McDonalds (MCD), t he franchise food chain, is planning to buyback about 10% of its shares outstanding in a strategy to stabilize MCD shares at a time of flat profits and slowing fast-food revenues in soft economies round the globe.

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