While English merchant bankers engaged in an agreeable lunch, Mr Thornton would arrive unannounced at prospective clients, make his pitch and seal the deal.

桑顿先生往往在英国商人式的银行家们正惬意地享用午餐时，未经约会就来到潜在客户面前，—番讲辞之后，就可以签下合同。

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He thought I had abused his hospitality to make a demagogic pitch to white voters.

他觉得我滥用了他的盛情，对白人选民做煽动性的自我推销。

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Take Michael Jordan, for instance, it's easy to see his grades and ignored him to make out on the pitch to pay the price of blood and sweat.

就拿迈克尔。乔丹来说吧，人们很容易看到他的成绩就而忽视了他为使自己出类拔萃而在球场上付出的血与汗的代价。

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One benefit of the town hall event was to make his pitch to that base.

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Before his trip, critics questioned whether Obama should leave the country to make his pitch, given his already full plate.

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Or patiently wait to see who becomes Russia's next president, and then make his pitch, all over again, for a more agreeable union.

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