Building sites often encroach onto busy streets, prompting impatient drivers to swerve onto sidewalks and cut across city parks.

建筑工地经常侵占到繁忙的街道上，路过的司机只得霸占人行道甚至横跨城市公园。

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Burial plot brokers in the US say money troubles are prompting a growing number of people to put their grave sites up for sale, often at a loss.

美国的墓地经纪人称，越来越多的美国人因面临现金困难，开始出售自家墓地，并且通常是亏本转让。

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Expecting your partner to notice things without prompting is often very unfair and can lead to resentment.

期望你的另一半在没有暗示的情况下注意一些事情是不公平且容易导致怨恨的。

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The gifted but inconsistent performer's relationship with his club and manager have often been strained, prompting Mancini to once remark after a match that if Balotelli had been a teammate during his own playing days, he may have given him a punch in the head every day.

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Across emerging Asia political concerns about rising inequality are prompting reform, often in ways that echo the changes of the Progressive Era a century ago.

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Often, France has taken a lead role in recent crises, prompting criticism from countries such as South Africa about Western powers favoring military over diplomatic solutions.

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