Their daily diet consisted of a lump of stale bread, a bowl of rice, and stale water.

他们的日常饮食包括一块不新鲜的面包、一碗米饭，还有不新鲜的水。

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I gave a lump of silver as big as my head for it.

我用一块和我脑袋一样大的银子换了它。

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He gave him a lump of silver as big as his head.

他给了他一个和他的头一样大的银块。

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The problem with the lump-of-labour fallacy is that it is so hard to kill.

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Now lump-of-labourites say that keeping the old at work would deprive the young of employment.

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If the lump-of-labour argument were correct, you would expect to see that a high employment rate among the wrinklies would be offset by a low employment rate among the youngsters, and vice versa.

ECONOMIST: Why the old should not make way for the young