Shopping is considered a pastime for many people in this small city-state of 4.6 million and cosmetics counters at department stores on central Orchard Road are often crowded.

在这个仅有460万人口的小国，购物被很多人视为一种消遣方式，在其中心乌节路百货商场的化妆品柜台前，总是挤满了人。

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On Shabbat (the Jewish day of rest), the theatre is often crowded with local artists, while the rest of the religious city gathers for family meals.

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Expanding distribution capacity is often impossible in crowded urban areas, and elsewhere people dislike new power lines.

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The bus she takes is often cold and crowded, she says, and it broke down entirely not too long ago.

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