If you wear those shoes that are too big, you'll just flop about in them.

你要是穿那双太大的鞋子，那就只有啪嗒啪嗒地走动了。

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Positive brain responses could predict close to one-third of popular songs, while about 90 percent of songs that drew little activity in the brain would go on to flop, the study said.

这个研究说明了：积极的大脑回应能预言近三分之一的流行歌曲，但同时在能引起一丝大脑活跃的歌曲中，又将近百分之90的歌曲最终会在流行歌曲的浪潮中销声匿迹。

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The auction was a flop . Nobody came forward willing to pay Mikel Barsa's starting price of 2 million Argentine pesos, about $480, 000.

拍卖会遭遇惨败，没人愿意支付迈克尔 巴萨提出的200万阿根廷比索（约合48万美元）的起价。

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Microsoft should forget the Kin flop, that was all about building the wrong product at the wrong time.

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Otherwise the place is all about flip-flop simplicity with a beck-and-call staff.

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Schwartz's partners say all these distinctions matter plenty, but the Iridium flop has made them cautious about how fast they can sell the phones.

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