They would rather lose - because they're sort of screwing around than - they could put out their best game and they would do better, but they might lose anyone given its, sort of, randomness.

他们宁愿因为，自己有点胡来而输掉-，因此他们可以玩出他们最好的技术，而且他们可以做得更好，但是他们也可以因为一定的随机性输给任何人。

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Eventually, screwing up his courage, Walters shot out several balloons.

最终，Walters鼓起勇气，向几个气球开了枪。

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They*re gonna feel pretty stupid when they find out, they*re screwing with the wrong people!

等他们发现时就会觉得自己很蠢，他们惹了不该惹的人！

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They would rather lose - because they're sort of screwing around than- they could put out their best game and they would do better, but they might lose anyone given its, sort of, randomness.

他们宁愿因为,自己有点胡来而输掉-,因此他们可以玩出他们最好的技术,而且他们可以做得更好，但是他们也可以因为一定的随机性输给任何人。

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My view is that talking a credit card company out of screwing you should not be a taxable event.

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It is not impossible, because the trick in discounting is not simply screwing as much as you can out of your supply chain and cutting prices across the board.

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