A quarter of 4-year-olds frequently wet the bed.

4岁的孩子中有1/4经常性尿床。

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More than a quarter of seven-year-olds cannot add properly.

超过1/4的7岁儿童不会正确地做加法。

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That target suspended during the financial crisis, but in the second quarter of this year, the company came within a whisker of achieving it.

这个目标在金融危机期间暂停搁置，但在今年第二季度，该公司差一点就实现这一目标。

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"About half of our business is done in the last quarter of the year, in the last three months.

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That would be like a quarter of 1% to postpone your payment by another year; so time was really cheap.

也就是说只需要付1%的1/4就能,延迟一年还款,时间的价值很低

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Footwear sales rose by about 10 percent in the first quarter of this year, with exports to several markets, including China,up.

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Prior to that, revenue fell 23.8% in second quarter and 22.6% in the first quarter year-over-year.

FORBES: Earnings Preview: Energy Transfer Partners LP

Prior to that, revenue fell 6.6% in second quarter and 8.1% in the first quarter year-over-year.

FORBES: Earnings Preview: Marriott International

Prior to that, revenue fell 9.7% in second quarter and 17.1% in the first quarter year-over-year.

FORBES: Earnings Preview: NYSE Euronext