So far it looks like Warner Brothers' gamble is paying off.

就目前情况来看，华纳兄弟公司的冒险一博似乎要赢了。

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Three years later, he is still paying off his debts.

三年后，他仍旧在还他的债务。

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The authorities believe those security measures are already paying off.

当局相信那些安全措施已经在起作用了。

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That's because, at the end, if- -suppose you're one month or two months away from the payoff of the mortgage, you don't have any balance left, so the interest that you're paying is -hardly any balance left--is very low and so you're payment is paying off principal, mostly.

这是因为,在最后,如果,假设你还剩1到2个月,就可以还清抵押贷款,那么剩下的贷款余额就很少了,因此你所需要付的利息,将会非常少,因为贷款余额几乎为零,此时你偿还的就主要是本金

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Employment would certainly be helped, and demand would appear for housing and at least paying-off credit debt.

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And since it ended in a tie, we are exchanging -- and paying off our debts at the same time -- this is Goose Island 312 beer from my hometown of Chicago.

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And many families also keep a sizable amount of money in their savings account or continue to put money into their 401(k)s, while still carrying thousands of dollars in credit-card debt--even though dipping into savings and paying off their credit-card bills would guarantee them an immediate return on investment of 15% or 18%.

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