Now, the only apparent cost to taking infinite photos of something as common as a meal is the space on your hard drive and your dining companion's patience.

现在，就连吃饭这么稀松平常的事情，人们都能拍上无数张照片，需要付出的代价不过是硬盘内存和进餐伙伴的耐心而已。

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Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want.

买主会竭力讨价还价以压低他们想买的房子的价格。

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Now, the only apparent cost of taking infinite photos of something as common as a meal is the space on your hard drive and your dining companion's patience.

现在，为一顿饭这样普通的事物拍无数张照片的唯一明显成本，就是你硬盘上的空间和与你用餐的同伴的耐性。

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And,U2's manager says the band has worked hard to make sure tickets are lower in cost than in the past so that fans can afford to attend the shows.

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This all came hard and at the cost, I'm sure, of a lot of human life and a lot of misery.

一切都变得艰难了,我确定,这夺走了很多人的生命,造成了很多痛苦

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But the glitter of e-tailing is fool's gold compared to cold hard cost savings through B2B (business-to-business) electronic commerce.

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It may also mean dodging hard cost-cutting.

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