Smog, we just cut back and everything will be better later.

烟雾，我们只是减排然后一切都会更好。

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But if you pay them first, you'll make sure you still pay your rent or mortgage, utilities, groceries and gas... so you'll just cut back on other spending.

如果你先存款和还贷，由于你会确保有钱付房租或房贷、电费、生活日用品和汽油…你的其他开销自然而然减少了。

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Just as large companies are having to cut back, so small businesses are being forced to close.

大公司不得不紧缩，小企业则被迫关闭。

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Time on the dole has just been cut back by three months.

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But if you had told me to just to cut back, the cutback would have been an arbitrary number, rather than an informed decision.

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If faced with a 10% fall in income, most respondents said they would cut spending on food, clothing and going out first, and just 5% would cut back on pension contributions.

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