The Mavs last beat one of the top nine teams in the West on Jan. 27, when they beat Denver 90-85.

小牛队上次击败西部排名前9名的球队还是在1月27日，当时他们以90：85击败了掘金。

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They beat Canada 4-1 in their last round-robin match at Nagoya in Japan.

在上一次在日本名古屋举行的循环赛中，他们以4比1战胜了加拿大。

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I was about to take the last cake, but he beat me to it.

我正要拿那最后一块饼，却给他抢先一步。

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Meanwhile, the man who last beat Nadal did not need to repeat his Saturday exertions as the Czech Republic reached the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup .

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Home Depot, the nation's biggest seller of light bulbs, says LED sales last year beat their expectation for sales in 2013.

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Mr. Halman's death "is a huge setback for Dutch and European baseball, " said Steve Janssen, pitching coach for the Dutch national team, which last month beat Cuba in the finals to win the baseball World Cup in Panama.

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