If you are successful in meeting with your boss and making your case, then it will look awful if you sit there with a blank stare as he asks you how much you want.

如果你成功地见到了老板，说出了你的想法，当他问你你要加多少时你却茫然地看着他就太糟糕了。

youdao

Making positive statements that don't reflect reality will neither help your case nor increase your chances of fixing a bad situation.

不痛不痒的积极言辞对自己的情况根本于事无补，也无法帮助你扭转糟糕的局面。

youdao

Or at least that is the theory, and if that proves not to be the case, it is your fault for making the wrong choices.

如果事实并非如此，那只能怪你自己做错了选择。

youdao

One is, do you think that essentially what the Republican opposition to this has done is forced sort of a relitigation of this entire debate, both on their side, trying to open up what the law says, and on your side, making the case, again, as you did initially?

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" and then made the case that credit cards are a "great choice for making all your purchases big and small.

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But do offer them a choice of whether they want you to coach them about best strategy (making it likely they will win) or whether you want to play straight up, in which case your greater experience is likely to prevail.

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