He doesn't particularly like the work but he sees it as a means to an end.

他不怎么喜欢这项工作，只是把它看作达到目的的手段而已。

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That is because 'terrorism' is but a tactic -- a means to an end, which in al-Qaida's case is global domination by an Islamic caliphate.

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The most important--The most successful people in finance, I believe, end up giving the money away and that means--you can't consume a billion dollars.

最重要的...在金融领域最成功的人士,我认为最终会把钱捐出去,这就意味着...你不可能花十亿美元

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If you start to look at food labels more carefully, what you'll find is some version of sugar, and if you find ose, o-s-e at the end of something, that means it's a sugar.

如果你更仔细地看看食品标签,你会找到许多类型的糖,如果你找到词缀"ose",以ose结尾的单词,那说明这是糖类

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