They understand that people may have to be realistic and make down-to-earth decisions.

他们了解到，有时人们不得不变的现实一点，不得不做一些务实的抉择。

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They make threats but back down at the first sniff of trouble.

他们起先气势汹汹，但一看情形不妙立刻软了下来。

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We'll make a decision on that further down the line.

我们将在以后的阶段对此问题作出决策。

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They make proteins including oxygen-carrying blood substances, antibodies to protect against disease, and substances that break down sugar.

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I need to make it so you can still see that, so I'm going to pull down these boards.

我需要把这块黑板拉下来,以便你们还能够看到

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And I think you will wish you are continuing to make the investment in time. If you are down here, what I want you to do is talk to somebody.

我想你希望再接再厉,保持花在这么门课上的时间，如果你退步了，我要你做的就是和某人交谈。

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It took the government to step in last year and get things moving by giving potential home-buyers cash to make down-payments on homes, cash for clunkers to buy new automobiles, cash to financial firms that was used for trading to bid up the price of stocks and commodities.

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"We're having to come down from above - make our way down rather than make our way up, with the collapsed staircases that are in a lot of them, " Mr Jewell explained.

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Google hopes to make money down the road, but never by asking consumers to pay.

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