They gambled on the result of a competition.

他们对竞赛的结果打赌。

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Personally I deplore it when you see evident referee mistakes but it's not the end of a competition or the end of football, this can happen.

就我个人而言，我感到十分地惋惜。当看到裁判明显误判时，却又不能终止比赛，或将球停下来，不打了，事情都已经发生了。

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Consumers have a wide array of choices and price competition is fierce.

消费者的选择面很广，价格竞争也很激烈。

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States are competing to share in almost three and a half billion dollars as part of a school reform competition.

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But over here, there's a bit of a competition to see who can eat the strongest curry, I think quite often, so.

但是在这边，有一种竞赛是比谁能吃最辣的咖喱，我想这经常发生。

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We don't have to worry about links of time for the competition when you were doing a passive animation.

我们不需要担心,在此过程中的时间关联,像在被动型动画里所担心的那样。

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For example, telling an athlete to "focus" during the heat of a competition does not help.

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Resident Nick Menday said it first became "a bit of a competition" before it escalated.

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The winner of a competition on her website will duet with Boyle on her second album The Gift.

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