I paid a lot of money for a new house.

我花了好多钱买了一幢房子。

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The car, for which I paid a lot of money, is now out of date.

我花很多钱买的这辆小汽车现在过时了。

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On my vacation I didn't realize that my phone was roaming. I paid a lot of money for each call.

度假时我没意识到手机是在漫游，所以每个电话都花了好多钱。

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"I paid special attention to a large desk where there were a lot of papers and books.

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"I know there has been a lot of attention paid to some of the town hall meetings that are going on around the country, especially when tempers flare.

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It's taken a lot more time, a lot more work and I feel it's paid off.

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"I don't think a lot of people have paid attention to this, " said Scott D.

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Like I said before, financial institutions have a lot of well-paid lobbyists in Washington working with Congress to try to get their interests served.

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